News tagged with economic downturn
US approves world's biggest solar energy project (Update)
The Obama administration has approved a thousand-megawatt solar project on federal land in southern California, the largest solar project ever planned on U.S. public lands.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Can social media detect the changes in public mood?
New research has analysed the mood of Twitter users in the UK and detected various changes in the mood of the public. In particular, the researchers observed a significant increase in negative mood, anger and fear, coinciding ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Cars go green and online as Tokyo Motor Show opens
Electric cars with cutting-edge green technology and vehicles remote-controlled by smartphones caught the eye Wednesday at the first Tokyo Motor Show held since Japan's devastating earthquake.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Mobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far
When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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US cable TV bleeds subscribers as online grows
The economic downturn has US cable television companies shedding subscribers in record numbers and Americans increasingly "cutting the cord" in favor of cheaper online options, new research shows.
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Nokia vows to defend smartphone territory, introduces N8
Finland's Nokia on Monday vowed to defend its number one position in the lucrative "smartphone" business, where it is under fierce pressure from Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's Blackberry. The Finnish ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Potentially risky loans helped ease recession, new research shows
Questionable lending helped sink the U.S. economy, but also provided a lifeline that kept countless firms afloat and averted an even deeper recession, according to research by a University of Illinois finance expert.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Why are wealthy consumers less likely to buy luxuries during a recession?
During an economic downturn, even people who are not directly affected spend less on goods and services that signal social status, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Samsung says to sell 25 mln 'smart TVs' this year
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it plans to sell more than 25 million "smart TVs" this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market eyed by competitors including Apple.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Toyota rolls out new Prius to fend off rivals
Toyota Motor on Monday rolled out a cheaper, revamped Prius, seeking to boost its flagging sales and maintain its lead in fuel-sipping hybrids in the face of growing competition from rival Honda.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2009 |
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Google expansion helps economy, hurts stock price
(AP) -- Google Inc. is doing its part to stimulate the economy and hurting its stock in the process.
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Chairman says Samsung to focus on new products
South Korea's Samsung Electronics will this year focus on developing new products and tapping into new businesses to get ahead of competitors amid the global economic slowdown, its chairman said Monday.
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Happiest European children in Netherlands, Britain ranks low
The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Defying recession, Japan's green cars surge in popularity
Defying the worst recession in decades, green cars in Japan are gaining ground against conventional gas-guzzlers, offering automakers hope of re-energising a flagging domestic market.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Recession
In economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. Production as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, investment spending, capacity utilization, household incomes and business profits all fall during recessions.
Governments usually respond to recessions by adopting expansionary macroeconomic policies, such as increasing money supply, increasing government spending and decreasing taxation.
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