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Spinal deformity in children is ubiquitous throughout the world, and mortality rates are higher in untreated young patients than in treated adolescents. Many surgical strategies have been developed that control spinal deformity while maintaining spinal growth until the child is close to skeletal maturity.

‘Intrinsic value’ - what the business is worth based on reasonable long-term growth projections - pegs it at less than $10

EUROPEAN STOCKS posted their first weekly advance in a month as China pledged to bolster growth and a three-week selloff left the Stoxx Europe 600 index at its cheapest level since January.

The 3rd China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum will be held on 28-30 May 2012 in Brussels.Theme: "China and Europe cooperate to meet challenges"Participants: International Department of the CPC Central Committee, All China Federation of Trade Unions, MEPs, leaders from European political parties, entrepreneurs, scholars, press……Focus: ...

Facebook games just got a lot more viral. People don't want to install and give data permissions to games, they want to play them, so now Facebook is allowing games to be played directly from within news feed or Timeline stories. These previews give gamers a taste and could get them over the install hurdle once they're already addicted. Facebook has to keep delivering growth for apps to get de...

Yes, it’s true: Americans are slowly starting to tackle global warming. U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent last year, according to the International Energy Agency. But that only went so far. Thanks to China’s fast growth, the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs in 2011. Read full article >>

Aviva was in the spotlight on Friday as City scribes suggested that the insurer could float its emerging markets businesses.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, fell 9.85 points, or 1.38 percent, to close at 702.72 points on Friday.

NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than four years in May as Americans stayed optimistic about the job market, while higher income households expected to see bigger wage increases, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment rose t...

China doesn't need all the steel it is churning out, and talk of more infrastructure spending isn't turning around prices. Breakneck Chinese growth once defined the commodities boom, but the steel glut is yet more evidence that you can have too much of a good thing.

Consumer sentiment was the strongest in more than four years as Americans were more upbeat about jobs and income growth amid easing petrol prices

A recent selloff in specialty pharmaceuticals has creating a buying opportunity, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Gregory Waterman, but he thinks investors should be discriminating. Allergan (AGN) is his top pick, a best-in-breed name that’s at a nice entry point. “Mid-teens EPS growth remains scarce in healthcare and AGN is structurally well positioned given: (1) [...]

Oil tanker operator remains cautious despite recovery in rates from last year’s lossmaking levels and foresees continuing growth

“I simply make the point, as an editor might say, to check it out; do not buy into the BS that you hear about spending and fiscal constraint with regard to this administration. I think doing so is a sign of sloth and laziness.” Read full article >>

BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stocks struggled for firm footing Friday as investor nerves were tested by fizzling economic growth in China, but European markets headed higher as traders kept fingers crossed that Greece would avoid financial chaos....

Uncertainty over the fate of the euro currency is already dampening US economic growth and any significant worsening of the crisis would deal a blow to a recovery that is gradually gathering steam.

In a recent inspection tour of Hubei province, Premier Wen Jiabao said the country will prioritize growth and make some well-timed and targeted adjustments to its macroeconomic policies to expand domestic demand.

Asian shares fell to their lowest levels of the year today as early bargain hunting gave way to worries about Europe's raging debt crisis and weak global growth.

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TOYOTA is looking to emerging markets for growth, targeting 50 per cent of its global vehicle sales there by 2015, and rolling out eight compact models over the next few years.

Europe’s leaders failed again to recognize that growth measures are crucial to resolving the debt crisis. They need a plan now for Greece and all their struggling economies.

Australia will back China in using next month's G-20 summit to push for Europe's struggling economies to change direction and focus on growth instead of austerity, said Foreign Minister Bob Carr.

OPINION:IRISH BUSINESS can generate the growth and create the jobs this country so desperately needs, but first we need stability. In recent years we have made significant progress. It has been a difficult and painful journey, but it is starting to pay off.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dipped last week, indicating the economy is plodding along even though headwinds from Europe cut into U.S. factory activity growth this month.

As far as flop stockmarket flotations go, Betfair's takes some beating. Forget the current furore surrounding Facebook, shares of the world's largest internet betting exchange came to the market in October 2010 at £13, with a £1.4billion valuation.

Apple is dominating the mobile PC space with 22.5% of the market share. The company sold more than 17.2 million mobile PCs in the first quarter…

LAHORE – There is immense potential and resources in the country which could not be tapped so far because of various reasons including lack of professional approach, bad law and order situation across the country that is inter-related with structural problems. This mess has created fear of uncertainty in all spheres of life. If the resilient people of the country can overcome devastated ...

Observing the formation of nanorods in real-time, researchers found that nanoparticles become attached to form winding chains that eventually align, attach end-to-end, straighten and stretch into elongated nanowires. This supports the theory of nanoparticles acting like artificial atoms during crystal growth and points the way to future energy devices.

The turnaround process is about 10 percent to 15 percent complete, CEO Meg Whitman says. That leaves a lot of turning yet to do.

UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) reported an 18% increase in revenues to US$2.88bn for fiscal 2012, ended March 31, with strong increases in mobile data revenue, the company said in a r...

US manufacturing growth slowed in May, a survey indicates, while orders for long-lasting factory goods fall.

The number of people seeking unemployment aid changed little last week, signaling modest job growth.

Mitt Romney epitomizes the unfairness of the American economy in this new Gilded Age. For that same reason, Romney is the quintessence of an economic approach shown to be anti-growth and anti-jobs. The president needs to tell this to the American people.

Contraction of 0.3% increases the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recessionBritain's economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, faster than previously thought, increasing the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recession.The Office for National Statistics said the...

EU leaders agree that growth and deficit reduction need to go hand-in-hand if economic crisis is to be solved following Brussels summit.

European leaders attending the informal dinner summit disagreed on some of the main mechanisms proposed to stimulate growth in the EU, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has acknowledged.

Facebook and banks, including Morgan Stanley, are being sued by the social networking site's shareholders, who claim the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16-billion initial public offering.

A FALL in key measure of China's growth could further stoke market concerns over a sharp slowdown in the giant economy.

China's manufacturing activity contracted in May, a survey shows, indicating that the rate of growth in the economy is continuing to slow.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Turmoil in Greece is forcing other eurozone countries to consider the prospect that it might soon leave the single currency club....

David Cameron and Nick Clegg (pictured) yesterday signalled a shift in the Government’s austerity programme towards a fresh emphasis on growth through state-backed investment.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co said on Wednesday it would lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce to jumpstart growth, and its shares rose 11 percent.

LAHORE – The PTCL top line has increased by 8 per cent YoY from Rs 41.0b in 9MFY11 to Rs 44.17b in 9MFY12 and the key drivers behind this revenue growth were DSL and EvO segment which witnessed a growth of 24 per cent and 59 per cent in subscribers respectively. Revenues have shown stabilising trend owing to impressive growth in these segments which is likely to offset the poor performance ...

LAHORE – The PTCL top line has increased by 8 per cent YoY from Rs 41.0b in 9MFY11 to Rs 44.17b in 9MFY12 and the key drivers behind this revenue growth were DSL and EvO segment which witnessed a growth of 24 per cent and 59 per cent in subscribers respectively. Revenues have shown stabilising trend owing to impressive growth in these segments which is likely to offset the poor performance ...

Facebook and banks including Morgan Stanley are being sued by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering.

LONDON (Reuters) - Large-scale crop plantations are expanding at a rapid pace across southeast Asia, with multinational firms often benefiting the most at the expense of local communities and the environment, two U.N. rights experts warned on Wednesday.

Welcome to the age of rich 21-year-old college students dropping big money on random House races – and winning

Hinduja Global Solutions reported a muted profit growth at Rs 31.07 cr in the March quarter,against Rs 30.86 cr a year ago.

The lawsuit claims Facebook and banks including Morgan Stanley concealed from investors during the IPO marketing process 'a severe and pronounced reduction' in revenue growth forecasts.

DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Growth capital and buyout funds from the wealthy Gulf Arab region are being drawn towards Turkey's stable and growing economy at the expense of countries like Egypt and...

Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a statement to the House of Commons regarding G8 and NATO Summit on 23rd May 2012

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, and several banks led by Morgan Stanley were sued by shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid the social networking leader's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering.

March sales rose 0.4% but gains outside auto sector remained soft

The World Bank said a slowdown in China will drag on growth in the entire East Asia-Pacific region.

May 23 (Reuters) - MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer, will change its product mix in the United States and push harder on growth in international markets to substantially boost returns by...

Remember how Wile E. Coyote, in his obsessive pursuit of the Road Runner, would fall off a cliff? The hapless predator ran straight out off the edge, stopped in midair as only an animated character could, looked beneath him in an eye-popping moment of truth, and plummeted straight down into a puff of dust. Splat! Four decades ago, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer model called Wo...

Brian Hiatt examines the many lives of late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch in the new issue of Rolling Stone on sale May 25th The story looks back on Yauch's extraordinary career and remarkable personal growth as he moved on from his band's loutish hard-partying Licensed to Ill phase on to...

Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels for another round of talks on the economic bloc's massive debts and possible strategies for growth.

In India, researchers are beginning to study the effects that the explosive growth in the mobile phone market has had on women's lives, in some cases, breaking the pattern of marital isolation.

The growth is compared to other British minority communities like British Pakistani and Bangladeshi men.

The UPA-2 government on Tuesday showcased several initiatives that have helped in sustaining the environment during its three year rule despite the fact that delay in environmental approvals have hurt project implementation and overall industrial growth.

WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, President Obama will visit a wind manufacturer in Newton, Iowa. Newton is a city of roughly 16,000 residents, located 35 miles east of Des Moines. For many years, Maytag manufactured washers and dryers at its corporate headquarters in Newton, employing 3,500 at its peak. After being acquired by Whirlpool in 2006, plans were made to consolidate manufacturing into ...

Marking three years of the UPA-II govt, PM Manmohan Singh today highlighted achievements in economic and social sectors, stressing that India's economy grew 7% growth enabling resources to be ploughed into reducing poverty. Agni V, Risat are our achievements: PM

India's economic growth is likely to rise to more than 7.5 percent in calendar year 2013 but continued government policy uncertainty could erode the country's longer-term growth prospects, the OECD said on Tuesday.

Qantas has announced it will separate its domestic and international operations, in a move they hope will allow each of the ventures to pursue different plans for growth.

MACAU (Reuters) - Gaming executives and industry players gathering for a convention in Macau on Tuesday may have to finally confront what they have been predicting for the past two years -- a sharp...

EU LEADERS:THE GOVERNMENT has welcomed the primary emphasis on jobs and growth in the agenda for tomorrow’s one-day EU summit meeting, saying it aligns Europe’s agenda closely with the long-established view of the Government.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The key witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial testified Monday about three other baseball players who he said took human growth hormone.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The key government witness in the perjury trial of former Major League Baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens said on Monday he also provided two other players with human growth hormones and helped a third to obtain the performance-enhancing drug.

The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity and Democratic appeals for more spending to promote jobs and growth with tax hikes on high-income earners. It mirrors a fight raging in Europe....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The key witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial testified Monday about three other baseball players who he said took human growth hormone....

Researchers are trying to explain the curious behaviour - and find out the mechanism for how it works - after noticing that young animals could hold back their growth until the age of 30.

German government bond futures opened slightly lower on Monday as investors took profits from Friday's rally to new highs but uncertainty over Greece's future in the euro zone meant a major sell-off was unlikely ahead of elections there next month.

Countries in Asia and the Pacific must come closer together and increase cooperation to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth and prosperity, a United Nations top official stressed today at a regional gathering in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Black Death in the mid-14th century coincided with the growth of a movement known as the Flagellants.

The Black Death in the mid-14th century coincided with the growth of a movement known as the Flagellants.

Michael Clarke's rise in international cricket over the last eight years has coincided with the growth of T20 cricket. Still, the Australia captain had resisted the lure of the shortest format. Amol Karhadkar reports. A Bad deal? | IPL-V: the hits and misses

US President Barack Obama, wrapping up the G8 summit hosted at Camp David, says the euro zone crisis is threatening the world economy, but welcomes Europe's new focus on jobs and growth as a potential remedy.

Obama opened the morning session by promising to seek ways to restore healthy growth and jobs and address concerns in Europe.

Leaders of the world's major economic powers agreed at Camp David Saturday to boost their emphasis on economic growth and job creation.

Leaders of the Group of 8 nations, convened at Camp David, banded together on Saturday to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt Europe’s deepening debt crisis.

I’ll write a better article later but I would never put my money into Facebook.  I think the stock will end up under the IPO price and can find 10 stocks that will perform better over the next year, two years, and 5 years.  You don’t buy stocks to be cool.  You buy stocks for growth.  You don’t grow your money by investing in a company that is trading at 100 times future earning with no mobile ...

Now this is how you sell pens!The squaw had disappeared into the thick under growth, leaving a track Queen Elizabeth I 2010 Mont Blanc Limited Edition White Rollerball like a hippo in the snow. Bud could have overtaken her, of course, and he could have made her take the baby back again. But he could not face the thought of it. He made no move at all toward pursuit, but instead he turne...

President Barack Obama pressed Europe on Friday to shift toward a more pro-growth policy and away from austerity to tackle a crisis that threatens to push Greece out of the euro zone and send economic shockwaves worldwide.

Just because Brazil’s growth rates are slowing, doesn’t mean the doomsayers are right.

STW plans to offset tough trading conditions in Australia by generating $60 million from its Singapore hub within three years.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel is in a "high level of agreement" with French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti that both fiscal consolidation and growth are needed, her spokesman said.

The Sun's rays power virtually all vegetative growth on the face of the Earth, or at least they used to. A new discovery by a team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany will coerce plants into growing in total darkness. More »

The Broadband Commission for Digital Development, in partnership with ITU, has released its first country case studies looking in-depth at the state of broadband development in four economies and examining links between broadband and the UN Millennium Development Goals. The case studies, which cover the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Panama, the Philippines, and Romania, look at the e...

France's new finance minister said Thursday his country would not ratify a European pact on budget discipline if it does not include measures to boost growth.

Economically, the future of the West now depends on the birthplace of the West.When Germany'schancellor, Hannelore Kraft, met France's president, Francois Hollande, in a sunny Berlin earlier this week, they agreed on a compelling strategy to save the Eurozone. With no elections due in any Eurozone country for the next two years, they were able to stretch the austerity timeline for Greece, Spain...

Canadian businesses are facing “significant economic repercussions” that will affect the country’s growth and international competitiveness because of inadequate policies to ensure environmental stewardship through the lifespan of products, says a report released Wednesday by a doomed federal advisory panel.

The governor of the Bank of England cuts the growth forecast from 1.2 per cent to 0.8 per cent as well as revising the estimate for inflation to fall back to its two per cent target.

Running the world's largest social network will be a technical and financial challenge as it grows.

The secretary of State says political changes sweeping Europe could lead to an emphasis on economic growth more in line with U.S. policies.

Bangkok, Thailand – Bangkok925.com will expand their reach into the wholesale jewelry market by extending integration of jewelry services at various levels of production and distribution. The new measur...

Stronger-than-expected growth in Germany was enough to help the European Union and the 17-nation eurozone avoid falling into recession for the second time since 2009 in the first three months of this year.

PARIS (Reuters) - Mobile video game group Gameloft expects growth to speed up from the second quarter of 2012 as it launches a record number of smartphone games based on a money-making model which allows it to double a game's revenue over its lifespan.

The fate of the Euro could be decided in the next 48 hours - when France's new 'champion of growth' President meets with Germany's 'austerity cheerleader' Chancellor.

by John Monatta 2012 is going to be a year which will have developers delivering innovation and creativity with four major technologies ruling the roost including the cloud, mobile app development and computing, social media and HTML5 Development for web. The IDC research report noted that the spending has grown considerably at the rate of 18 percent per year and almost 80% of future IT spen...

The Barcelona attacker will ensure Waleed Kashash receives treatment for the next six years after being informed of the Moroccan youngster's growth hormone deficiency

The future of the Eurozone (comprising 17 European countries using the euro as their currency) is in doubt after voters in Greece and France threw out incumbents struggling to save the euro through supposed austerity measures. Socialist leader Francois Hollande won in France by promising economic growth, not austerity. In Greece, the top two parties backing austerity to keep Greece within the...

The meeting focused on improving social services. According to Dmitry Medvedev, it is necessary to take every effort to attract young professionals and experts who will not only enter the field because they feel it is their vocation but because there is a sound system of incentives and growth opportunities.

It appears that the domain market hot streak is in more of a holding pattern, at least according to Sedo’s IDNX. A report from Sedo this morning announced that the IDNX domain price index recorded a 2.1% decline in April, following growth of more than 22% during the last six months. Sedo reported that there are [...]

Microsoft is revamping its search engine and exploiting the growth of social networking online. In an effort to make searching on the Web simpler, faster and more social—and further differentiate itself from market leader Google—Microsoft's Bing search engine is getting a new look.

With Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens’s former trainer, on deck to testify, the trial turned into the tale of a mail label from a package of human growth hormone that was supposedly intended for Clemens.

Defense lawyers for Roger Clemens Wednesday attempted to paint a steroid dealer as a liar and exaggerator whose testimony was not always consistent with his past statements or even his own memoir. Kirk Radomski, a former New York Mets batboy who became a steroid supplier to professional athletes, is considered a key witness for federal prosecutors because his testimony buttresses strength coac...

The European executive has responded to electoral earthquakes in France and Greece by calling for a shift towards growth across the European Union.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's quarterly earnings, dragged down by a loss from science fiction bomb "John Carter," beat Wall Street expectations with 21 percent profit growth driven by its theme parks and media networks. Disney, which operates theme parks, a movie studio and TV properties, posted fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.1 billion and a 6 percent increase in revenue to $9....

That’s a whole lotta top level domains. Demand Media, parent company of eNom, announced today that it has invested $18 million into new top level domain names. It’s not clear if this is for application fees only: In April 2012, Demand Media invested $18 million in pursuit of its generic Top Level Domain (“gTLD”) initiative, [...]

ZURICH (Reuters) - Europe's leading biotech company Actelion is focusing its research and development on two areas of specialism and accelerating cost cuts as it set its future strategy on Tuesday after successful results from an important drug trial.

The only thing that seems to matter to Wall Street is how much cash it has in the bank.

After voters in elections in France and Greece punished leaders pushing austerity, Europeans contemplated an untested political landscape shaped by demands for both austerity and growth.

LONDON — Voters in France and Greece redrew Europe’s political map Sunday in a powerful backlash against the German-led cure for the region’s debt crisis: painful austerity. In France, voters swept Francois Hollande into the nation’s highest office, ejecting President Nicolas Sarkozy and bringing the Socialists back to the Elysee Palace for the first time in 17 years. Along with Germany’s Angel...

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is considering building its first research and development center in Taiwan. According to reports in Taiwanese local media, a spokesperson from Huawei said that the company's procurement from Taiwan will increase with its revenue growth. In 2011, Huawei's procurement value in Taiwan reached NTD110 billion, which was about CNY23.65 billion. [...]

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would urge Congress next week to implement "common sense ideas" to accelerate job growth, as he sought to deflect blame toward Republican lawmakers for not doing enough to bring down unemployment.

Between now and 2020, the greatest increases in population growth in the United States are projected to happen in the places that have the biggest problems with fresh water availability. This isn't just a drinking water problem, or even an agriculture problem. It's an energy issue, too. Most of our electricity is made by finding [...]

Total drug costs rose just 4 per cent between 2010 and 2011, the lowest year-over-year increase in a generation

Pettitte testifies at Clemens' perjury trial that he might have misunderstood a conversation about human grown hormone. That weakens the prosecution's case, trial-law experts say.WASHINGTON — New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte threw the perjury prosecution of his friend Roger Clemens into disarray Wednesday when he testified that he could have misunderstood a conversation with Clemens about...

Muscat, Oman – 1st May 2012 – The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of ARI Registry Services, officially relaunched the .om country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in a move to ensure the ongoing stability and growth of the Internet within the country and greater Gulf region. ARI [...]

Environmentalist praises Beijing’s ambitious targets in its five-year economic plan to decouple emissions growth from economic development

On a street corner, under a garbage dump, at a construction site  — pre-Inca archeological sites abound in Lima, where the ruins of hundreds of sacred places, or “huacas”, are at the mercy of urban growth and public indifference.

LAHORE - Recovery in country’s hydrocarbon production along with elevated oil prices were the key factors that helped the listed E&P companies to post a phenomenal earning growth in 9MFY12, experts said. According to them, during the period under review, the sector depicted an earning growth of 36 per cent to Rs113 billion as against Rs83 billion in the same period last year. In ...

The troubled economies on the periphery of Europe are getting into deeper trouble. Growth has slowed, unemployment has risen, indebtedness has gone up, and borrowing costs have climbed sharply.

THE GOVERNMENT yesterday lowered its expectations for economic activity and employment in 2012 in its first economic forecast since December’s budget.

Last month, meteoric growth for overnight app sensation Pinterest slackened, according to two market-research firms.

The figures provoked an outcry in Britain, and came the same day that Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, shifted his rhetoric on the debt crisis to add emphasis on growth.

During the 352-year life span of the Royal Society, the human population has risen from less than one billion people to seven billion and counting. That boom has been supported by science and technology—Watt’s coal-fired steam engine, Haber and Bosch synthesizing nitrogen fertilizer, Fleming’s discovery of penicillin—and continues today as the world’s population expands at [...]

Opposite-sex married couples, unmarried couples and same-sex couples all on the increase.

Conventional farming produces higher yields than organic - but are yields the only issue?

Visualizing Apple's growth in earnings, revenue and margins FORTUNE -- Asymco's Horace Dediu has posted a couple of charts that show better than I could tell the significance of Apple's (AAPL) quarterly results. The first graphs the rise in Apple's growth- and operating-margin percentages. Dediu two-word TwitPic comment: "Simply breathtaking." Below, an up-to-date version of the chart with whi...

The phenology of growth in temperate deciduous forests, including the timing of leaf emergence and senescence, has strong control over ecosystem properties such as productivity and nutrient cycling, and has an important role in the carbon economy of understory plants. Extended leaf phenology, whereby understory species assimilate carbon in early spring before canopy closure or in late autumn af...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California' population will grow at much slower pace than state officials projected as its birth rate sags and immigration levels off, a study said on Tuesday, with significant ramifications for the most populous U.S. state's finances and economy.

A leveling off of immigration rates means that California is not likely to reach 50 million residents until 2046, about 14 years later than previously ...

TELSTRA is investigating new growth areas opening up because of the national broadband network such as cloud computing.

Francois Hollande pledges to redirect Europe from austerity to growth

Employment growth can stall for periods of up to half a year without being related to the business cycle

Major countries should ease visa requirements to promote economic growth, the most senior figure in global tourism has said.

Expect growth then to be relatively buoyant, although it is hard to see investor sentiments markedly improving in the foreseeable period.

South Texas is striving to become a mining hub for uranium but environmentalists have concerns about contamination.

In western India and around the world, agricultural growth is being stoked by unsustainable irrigation practices that sap aquifers and require huge amounts of energy.

Compound prompts manufacture of lost connective tissue in mice

As Facebook hurtles toward a $5-billion IPO, it will come under more pressure from Wall Street to find new sources of profit growth and reduce its reliance on advertising

THE SCRUM. More to the point, the Ireland scrum, and the litany of overseas signings which have, goes the theory, stunted the growth of indigenous props. Banish the dastardly foreigners from our land and the problem will be solved.

The greatest opportunities are born from the most profound obstacles, and that will again prove true. I was in Palo Alto for the YPO Digital Media confab last week and spent some quality time with the folks at Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It was an eye-opening experience: While portal usage is down (-24%) and search is flat (+1%), growth in social media has surged 52% year-over-year.

A team from the University of Pennsylvania found that the drug cidofovir, widely used to treat viral infections of the eye, helped stop the growth of unwanted hair when it was added to a rub-on gel.

Federal prosecutors in the Roger Clemens perjury trial plan to have pitcher Andy Pettitte testify about his own use of human growth hormone.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A panel of cancer experts rejected an experimental Merck drug for a rare form of cancer on Tuesday while recommending approval of a GlaxoSmithKline treatment for the same disease. Neither drug appears to help patients live longer, but panelists said Glaxo's Votrient helped delay tumor growth in the most vulnerable patients....

One out of about every 10,000 girls is born with a mutation that causes autism-like behavior, stunts growth, and impairs the ability to think, sleep, and even breathe. There is currently no cure for the disorder, known as Rett syndrome, but a new study of mice suggests that bone marrow transplants that bolster the ranks of a certain type of immune cell in the brain can reduce some symptoms. Res...

Windswept from cloud to cloud until they flutter to Earth, snowflakes assume a seemingly endless variety of shapes. Some have the perfect symmetry of a six-pointed star, some are hexagons adorned with hollow columns, whereas others resemble needles, prisms or the branches of a Christmas tree. [More]

In terms of technological intensity of its exports, Israel ranks fifth among all countries exporting to the United States.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared in front of the parliament on Wednesday to face questions on his foreign and domestic policies, amid accusations that he has been challenging the authority of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ahmadinejad is the first president since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 to be summoned, but he downplayed the questioning sayin...

Consumer price inflation in China falls to a 20-month low as food price rises ease, giving policymakers room to stimulate growth.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Universal's "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" has taken root at the top of the domestic box office, with robust midweek growth of $3 million or so per day and a likely second-weekend gross of around $50 million following its year-topping $70 million opening....

British R&B artist Estelle reveals how her latest album is all about growth.

London (ots/PRNewswire) - UBM plc today announces that it has formed a strategic partnership with NTSR, a leading Turkish exhibition company, to create an operations and logistics hub which will provide a local platform for UBM's planned growth in Turkey and across the wider region. With ...

The arrival of renowned foreign players will hardly benefit the growth of Chinese soccer, said some Dutch coaches working in China, while some others think that is a good way for Chinese soccer.

George Jung -- the prolific cocaine smuggler portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie “Blow” -- got a temporary get out of prison free card recently ... after doctors spotted a potentially cancerous growth on his face. For those unfamiliar,…

@Sussex was das aus dem Fenster lehnen angeht:Given the widely noted increase in the warming effects of rising greenhouse gas concentrations, it has been unclear why global surface temperatures did not rise between 1998 and 2008. We find that this hiatus in warming coincides with a period of little increase in the sum of anthropogenic and natural forcings. Declining solar insolation as part of ...

New oil finds off the coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone raise hopes for rapid growth in the countries, still recovering from civil wars.

Chris Brown has tweeted hate and tweeted love in response to his Grammy win Sunday. Chris Brown on Tuesday went after his haters saying the Grammy Awards was the ultimate kiss-off, on Wednesday morning went after the media and then on Wednesday afternoon tweeted gratitude to his Team Breezy fans.

The Times Editorial: President Jacob Zuma spent, as expected, a significant portion of last night's State of the Nation address on unemployment and economic growth.

MK Nissim Ze’ev: Recent growth in haredi enlistment to the IDF is "very significant."

Though the shipment is small, it could point the way to a new source of jobs and economic growth.

First three months might be critical window for developing asthma, researchers say

Bruce Jenner, who's getting far more publicity as a member of the Kardashian clan than he ever did as an Olympic decathlon champion, gained notice ...

In an ominous sign for growth prospects, workers are paring back college fund contributions and growing numbers are borrowing from retirement accounts

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A red flag weather warning was issued today for Los Angeles County as strong, Santa Ana winds are expected to gust across much of the region Saturday night, enhancing the risk of wild fires.

The growth of an embryo during the early stages of pregnancy has an impact on its risk of miscarriage, says a University of Nottingham study.

The U.S. stimulus bill includes $100 billion to support energy and information technologies, but economists are skeptical it will create jobs and ensure long-term economic growth.

Society's economic gaps remain significant, "belie promises economic growth will 'in the end' benefit everyone," according to Adva Center.

Finally, on its third try, the network has reworked a classic story well.

The technology could be used by dentists and orthopedists to create custom implants that encourage growth of new bone.

LONDON (AFP) - Up to two million public sector workers in Britain went on strike Wednesday over changes to their pensions, after the government responded to slashed growth forecasts with fresh spending cuts.In what unions said was the biggest walkout in decades, only one school in 10 in England was fully open, hospitals were operating with skeleton staff and local authorities were paralysed. St...

Toward the end of “Gulliver’s Travels,” Lemuel Gulliver passes a couple of pleasant years in the land of the Houyhnhnms before returning to England. Houyhnhnms are, you’ll recall, essentially horses, who are served by creatures awfully similar to humans, called Yahoos. Gulliver describes to . . . (Subscription required.)

LONDON (Reuters) - Renewable energy technology is becoming increasingly cost competitive and growth rates are in line to meet levels required of a sustainable energy future, the International Energy...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball players and owners signed an agreement for a new labor contract Tuesday, a deal that starts blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013....

Big order highlights Qatar Airway's growth plans

The luxury sports car companies will this week unveil ambitious growth plans for 2012.

David Cameron returns to east London's technology cluster and highlights its rapid expansion over the past year.

The company is betting heavily on the growth of online video delivery.

Storming performances by the German and French economies propelled growth in the eurozone well above forecasts in the first quarter while also highlighting the yawning gap between the bloc’s strong and weak

Special interest domain meetings are enjoying a growth spurt. Successful gatherings have been held for everyone from IDN enthusiasts to developers to fans of specific TLDs. Now comes word of an event centered around (but not limited to) members of Donna Mahony's popular private domain forum - DomainBoardroom.com.

This is the question I am posing in my review of Andrew Lih's Wikipedia Revolution in the new issue of Boston Review. Here is a teaser: “Wikipedia approaches its limits,” ran a striking August 2009 headline in the usually sober Guardian. With infinite storage and lots of free labor, the very notion of “limits” seems misplaced. However, the limits alluded to in the Guardian are more editorial th...

The growth of file-sharing traffic has tailed off, but streaming video continues to expand.

Back in the day, it was thought that bustling Dubai would act as a guide for how the Gulf economies should liberalize in order to increase their economic growth. Dubai would not bring democratization, but cultural tolerance, transparency and cosmpolilitanism are pretty nice to have, and Dubai seemed to have more of these traits than the rest of the Gulf.  In the wake of the current downturn, Du...

Technology Review's editors think Joshua Schachter's website, del.icio.us, is so cool, so useful, so ubiquitous that we named this TR35 winner our 2006 Innovator of the Year. Yahoo acquired del.icio.us last December, and the site has continued its phenomenal growth since then. Schachter talked to us late this summer about how his own memory influenced the development of del.icio.us and ...