Gene hunters have long focused on a mere 1.5% of the human genome, an estimated 25, 000 genes that code for proteins and thereby control the immune response, organ growth and brain activity, among other things.
Global energy consumption is expected to increase by about 50% between now and 2035 due to population growth and increasing economic activity, with non-OECD countries accounting for 84% of this increase.
Ironically, these various controversies and challenges testify to the enormous growth and new investment activity that has brought the so-called "clean tech" industry increasingly into mainstream consumer markets in the past two years.
We can attribute much of these improvements to improving macroeconomic conditions and growth in international travel as business activity recovers and duty-free shops increase perfume sales at airports and ports.
Foundations, with their government and private-sector partners, can base expectations on the realities of supply and demand for hiring, business activity and residential growth.
The most popular sites and services are publicizing amazing growth in their user bases and site activity.
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For example, there will be hot spots in technology and emerging markets, and little activity in low-growth regions and certain lower level job types.
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We expect the prices of crude oil and NGLs to continue to rise driven by the growth in economic activity in emerging countries and the corresponding increase in demand for oil and NGLs.
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More troubling, said Hingston, is the fact that any sort of loan growth stems from overseas activity and non-US borrowers.
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So in terms of measures that are helping fuel economic activity and growth, he fought very hard for and achieved, as part of the tax cut compromise in December, extension of uninsurance -- unemployed benefits -- unemployment benefits and obviously the middle-class tax cut, as well as the payroll tax cut -- the payroll tax holiday.
My guess is that the most profitable (and prolific) class action firms regularly engage in activity that may limit their potential growth and preclude mergers with other firms.
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Oscar Castro, a professor of urban planning at the ITESO Jesuit University of Guadalajara, says Mexico's housing strategy encouraged "throw-away" homes because the government was more interested in touting mortgage approvals and driving economic growth via construction activity than in providing long-term housing solutions.
Government cuts have weighed on employment and economic activity, and this reduced spending has dragged on growth for the past eight quarters.
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The growth in economic activity in emerging countries and the corresponding oil demand has kept oil prices elevated.
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On the one hand, a combination earnings growth and liquid capital markets will depress default activity across the general leveraged loan population, keeping the rate inside the historical average of 3.4%.
As in Texas, metro areas that have good growth prospects through the recovery tend to be hubs for government activity, energy, logistics and, in some cases, technology growth.
There is a growth story, of course, and capital market activity that supports more currency inflows.
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In 2012, U.S. exports and imports with Mexico grew by 9% and 6% respectively, and the trade between the two countries is expected to keep growing in the future on account of increased manufacturing activity in Mexico and the growth in the Mexican economy.
Those who rely on past relationships between the monetary base and economic activity have taken the rapid growth in the base as portending very rapid inflation.
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As the FOMC noted in its most recent post-meeting statement, the intent of these actions is to help promote moderate growth over time and to mitigate the risks to economic activity.
In recent years its growth rate, thanks largely to the canal and the activity associated with it, has been the highest in Latin America: 7%-plus in 2004 and 2005, 8.5% in 2006, 12.1% in 2007 and 10.7% last year.
The general trends outlined in the latest report, authored by Credit Suisse analysts Vincent Chan and Peggy Chan and drawing on the work of many, are very bullish on Chinese consumer and economic activity overall, with GDP growth continuing at 9% a year on average.
Other traditional early stage hubs in Texas, Florida, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta maintained their usual level of activity, but this quarter also saw significant growth of new ventures in regions including Utah, Colorado and New Jersey.
The ensuing activity shows up as jobs, economic growth and an expanded tax base.
Barclays Capital said if the data comes out weaker than expected, especially if inflation is higher than anticipated, it could signal further evidence of slowing economic activity and that would weigh on global growth prospects and risky assets.
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After all, economic growth remains weak and the looming fiscal cliff could seriously hamper buying activity.
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Mr. GONZALES: The growth of very virulently anti-immigrant - both politicians and civic activity - requires a response.
Better readings for U.S. manufacturing activity and consumer spending point to a faster growth rate in the fourth quarter, analysts still say.
The fact is that economic activity is fuelling the growth of local private firms and SOEs simultaneously with foreign multinationals expanding their operations in China.
Other banks have been similarly boosted by the surge in takeover activity on global stock markets and by the growth of private client banking for wealthy customers.
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