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Economic Report: Retail sales strong for auto dealers, weak for gas stations
2015-09-15 15:35:29| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Sales at U.S. retailers rose modestly in August as choosy consumers spent more on new cars and trucks and went out to eat more. Americans spent less on gasoline as prices fell again, and they also cut back on home furnishings.
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Economic Report Finds Significant Value Of Nuclear Power Plants To Michigan's Economy And Carbon Emissions Limits
2015-09-14 03:49:56| pollutiononline News Articles
Michigan’s four nuclear energy plants contribute more than a half-billion dollars to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP), in addition to other economic and societal benefits, according to a new study conducted by economists at global consulting firm The Brattle Group
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New Report Reveals The Severe Economic Impacts Climate Change Will Have In The South
2015-07-28 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Climate change is set to hit the Southeast United States and Texas hard. That`s the conclusion of a new report from the Risky Business Project, a nonprofit that focuses on the economic impacts of climate change. The report, which focused on 12 states - 11 states in the Southeastern United States plus Texas - found that the increased heat and humidity that these states are expected to experience as the climate changes will put the region`s recent manufacturing boom at risk. "While the Southeast...
USDA Report Shows Little Economic Benefit to COOL
2015-05-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A new USDA report finds some evidence of consumer interest, but negligible economic benefit, to mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL).
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Report shows economic impact of academia-industry technology.
2015-03-27 13:31:12| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Commissioned by BIO, independent study documents significant impact academia-industry technology transfer makes to U.S. economy. Entitled, "The Economic Contribution of University/Nonprofit Inventions in the United States: 1996-2013," report estimates that, during this 18-year time period, academia-industry patent licensing bolstered U.S. gross industry output by up to $1.18 trillion, U.S. gross domestic product by up to $518 billion, and supported up to 3,824,000 U.S. jobs.
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