News tagged with economic bubble

Judge won't guard fish farm from Grand Coulee flow

(AP) -- A federal judge on Friday refused to order a cut in flows from the Grand Coulee Dam that threaten millions of fish raised in pens downstream in the Columbia River.

Biology / Ecology

created May 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese architectural trends reflect unique realities, scholar says

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Japan was hit with a major economic downturn in the 1990s, it affected architectural and construction practices in Japan. Those seeking lessons applicable to related industry practices ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Barriers fall between TV, Internet

You say TV, I say Internet. Toe-mate-o, toe-mah-to.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More environmental rules needed for shale gas, says Stanford geophysicist

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama praised the potential of the country's tremendous supply of natural gas buried in shale. He echoed the recommendations for safe extraction made by ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Romney sees starships fueled by private enterprise

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

(AP) -- Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (18) | comments 27

Mathematically detecting bubbles before they burst

From the dotcom bust in the late nineties to the housing crash in the run-up to the 2008 crisis, financial bubbles have been a topic of major concern. Identifying bubbles is important in order to prevent collapses that can ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

3 Questions: Ricardo Caballero on the search for safe investments

What caused the financial crisis of 2008? MIT economist Ricardo Caballero has posited that a key structural factor was a massive global imbalance between the demand for safe investments, especially bonds, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Iceland's Katla volcano is getting restless

(AP) -- If Iceland's air-traffic paralyzing volcanic eruption last year seemed catastrophic, just wait for the sequel. That's what some experts are saying as they nervously watch rumblings beneath a much ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Google going 'gangbusters' as 3Q wows investors (Update)

Mounting worries about another global recession haven't shaken Google.

Technology / Business

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No more tasty surprises: Calculating the probability of extreme events

It had to happen: the property bubble burst and the global financial market experienced its biggest crisis in the last hundred years. In retrospect, many suspected it was coming, but nobody could have known for sure. The ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

What investors have learned from the major earthquake

The Great East Japan Earthquake has dramatically altered the way the Japanese economy is seen. For example, the way that housing and real estate values are seen in Japan has changed since 3.11. Location value ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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