News tagged with recession
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Windows 7 sales boost Microsoft 4Q net income
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that its net income surged in the most recent quarter, the latest sign that businesses are again spending on technology.
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Google 1Q profit rises 37 pct (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is thriving again, and feeling so good about the economy that it's spooking investors.
Apr 15, 2010 |
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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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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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Report says Silicon Valley economy sputtering
(AP) -- Silicon Valley's economy took a big hit during the global meltdown and could have trouble climbing out, according to a report released Wednesday.
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Despite millions in tax credits, wind energy firms aren't hiring
Despite the Obama administration's efforts to create jobs making wind turbines in America, some companies say that sluggish demand for wind energy is holding them back.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 08, 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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