NEC joins clean tech gold rush with billion dollar push

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PC manufacturer plans to invest $1.1bn to support development of electric vehicle batteries and smart grid technologies

NEC Corporation, Japan's largest PC manufacturer, today became the latest IT firm to announce that it is to push into the burgeoning clean tech market, unveiling plans to invest 100bn yen (£760m) over...

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