News tagged with economic output

US greenhouse gases back up after decline

US emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change rose in 2010, ending a brief downward turn as the world's largest economy gradually recovers from recession, official data showed Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Blind, visually impaired New Yorkers contribute to state economy

Employment statistics suggest bleak economic realities for New Yorkers who are blind. Nearly two in three are out of work, a level in line with national unemployment figures for individuals who are blind and other populations ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Egypt internet clampdown cost $90 mln, OECD says

(AP) -- A top Western think tank says Egypt's unprecedented clampdown on Internet and cell phone networks during the anti-government protests likely cost it about $90 million.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Half the productivity, twice the carbon

Unless the IT industry adopts new energy-efficient technologies in the coming decade, it runs a serious risk of being unable to contribute to growing the global economy if limits are placed on carbon emissions. The findings ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds governor’s budget would cost jobs, economic output

(PhysOrg.com) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cuts-only approach to balancing the state budget will leave deep economic scars, according to a new report by UC Berkeley labor researchers. But it adds that balancing ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Research: U.S. economy will continue slow road to recovery

(PhysOrg.com) -- After surging in the last quarter of 2009, the U.S. economy will continue to recover at a fairly steady moderate pace this year before picking up a bit more next year, say University of Michigan economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says

In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds rapid growth in health costs hurts economic performance of US industries

A first-of-its-kind RAND Corporation study has linked the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cutting greenhouse gases could grow the economy

Over £14 ($23) billion more in products and services could be produced in Northern Ireland's economy each year if greenhouse gas producing resources were used as efficiently as they are in the rest of the UK, a research group ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1