Marketing Awards 2016: The complete winners' list

20 gold trophies were given, along with a slew of silver and bronze

Wind Power Taking the United States by Storm

Rick Laezman

• Green Building

Renewable industries have registered steady growth for several years. 2015 and the first part of 2016 have been no exception. Wind power has made great gains.
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the first quarter of 2016 was the most productive first quarter of installations for the industry since 2012.

Steam machine sales are abysmal, SteamOS may be dead in the water

Valve announced yesterday that it has now shipped 500,000 Steam Controllers -- but since that includes all sales of Steam Machines to date, the final figures don't look good for Valve's console gambit.

Red Lion partners with Babsocks

Toronto agency will design socks and other wearables for hockey-themed company

Alternative thinking on Uncle Carl, Dell's penalty and impact investing

"I got into trading about two, maybe three years ago, and it seemed to really capture my interest so I figured, what's the best way for me to be able to do this and make money?"

That's Greg Piechota, a business school student who wants to work for a hedge fund. Piechota is part of a CNBC profile about the challenges that hedge funds face when seeking new talent.

AMD announces new Radeon RX 480: VR-ready, at a budget price

AMD's Polaris arrives on June 29, packing both a low price tag and a substantial performance uplift. AMD wants to target VR gamers who can't afford to drop huge amounts of money on high-end GPUs, and it may well have succeeded.

Solar and Storage Still Have a Ways to Go

Rick Laezman

• Green Building

Offering an antidote to the variable nature of wind and solar, storage has emerged as an essential ingredient to the success of renewable power. Notwithstanding the publicity surrounding breakthrough products, such as Tesla's PowerWall, the marriage of storage with solar installations has yet to get much traction.