Most important, transport and telecoms networks, and social media, are spawning new data as a free by-product.

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Yet a growing venture-capital industry is spawning new companies.

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Of course, I remember Nortel having a big technology center up in Ottawa and Research In Motion (RIMM) spawning a bunch of new start-ups in Waterloo, Ontario.

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But as the United States transitions to a carbon-constrained economy, new industries would develop, consequently spawning jobs and sustaining growth while also improving air and water.

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Souther worked with The Eagles, spawning several of their hits including Heartache Tonight, Victim of Love and New Kid In Town.

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That sale was the spawning ground for "rex disease" according to Richard Polsky, author of Boneheads, a new book about the fossil market.

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