News tagged with recession
America's clean energy policies need a reality check
America's approach to clean energy needs to be reformed if it is to meaningfully affect energy security or the environment, according to two new articles by Stanford writers.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 01, 2012 |
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Burmese cats to benefit from genetic test for newly discovered mutation
Burmese cats can inherit a muscle weakness, called Burmese hypokalaemia, which is caused by low levels of blood potassium.
May 24, 2012 |
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Retirement plans after the Great Recession
New research shows that 40 percent of older Americans postponed retirement in the wake of the Great Recession.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 02, 2012 |
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Globalized economy more sensitive to recessions: physicists
By applying the same rules that explain how genomes evolve, Rice University physicists have shown that the world economy is more sensitive to recessionary shocks and recovers more slowly from recessions now than it did 40 ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Reduction in US carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas
In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets on fire (Update)
An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Many US families are underwater with debts: study
As the country emerges from the Great Recession, a substantial number of U.S. families are underwater—and not just with their mortgages.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 08, 2012 |
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The secrets of the system
As the United States seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past economic recession, MIT News examines manufacturing’s role in the country’s economic future through this series on work at the Institute ...
May 03, 2012 |
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Semiconductor revenue up 31 percent: Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew by 31 percent last year and Intel held the top spot for the 19th consecutive year although its market share dipped slightly, technology research company Gartner said Monday.
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Flurry of billion-dollar deals signals coming changes in tech industry
From Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems to Intel and Oracle, some of Silicon Valley's largest companies charged out of the recession with fat bankrolls and a determination to spend whatever it takes this year to reshape their ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new low
The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Declining energy quality could be root cause of current recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation's energy supply, often measured as the amount of energy we get out for a given energy input, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Hackers hit Greek ministry over austerity, anti-piracy deal
Online hackers group Anonymous on Friday attacked the Greek justice ministry website in criticism of the country's tough fiscal reforms and its decision to join a controversial anti-piracy deal.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Surprise in Intel 1Q: Corporate PC spending up (Update)
(AP) -- Intel Corp. executives say the chip maker's first-quarter results revealed a surprising and encouraging trend: Companies are finally starting to upgrade their workers' laptops.
Apr 13, 2010 |
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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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