News tagged with gross state product

Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy

A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science

China has its eye on becoming the top science nation in the world, overtaking the United States and European nations, researchers at a US science conference said Friday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 19, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 343

'Main Street' economic conditions misread by GDP

Traditional gauges of economic activity severely overstate the standard of living as experienced on 'Main Street,' say University of Maryland researchers, who have worked with their state officials to apply ...

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created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3




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Chinese company to buy US movie theater chain AMC

(AP) -- A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China's biggest takeover of an American company to date.

Technology / Business

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California leads green tech funding, reduces greenhouse emissions

California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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

Coconuts, wind and sun to power Pacific nations

Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and replace them with clean sources.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New Vermont law: Researchers to measure 'genuine progress'

"What you measure is what you get," said Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Soon Vermont may measure its economic well-being somewhat differently.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Energy guzzler Singapore boosts 'green' buildings

From the bone-chilling air conditioning that pumps through Singapore's malls and offices to lights that burn all night, the city state is one of Asia's most intensive energy users.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Italy launches private high-speed train

Italy launched Europe's first private high-speed train service this week, as the country looks towards the more liberal economy that Prime Minister Mario Monti wants to put on the rails.

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hollywood warms to China's new openness

(AP) -- There's a new breach in China's great cultural wall and Hollywood is cautiously moving in.

Technology / Business

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Interest in gourmet fungi is mushrooming

With its large clumps of cascading white tendrils, the Hericium erinaceus looks less like a mushroom and more like a lion's mane (its nickname).

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ocean acidification linked to larval oyster failure

Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Miniature sensors may advance climate studies

(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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