U.S. housing starts declined 1.5% in July to 604K units from a downwardly revised 613K units in June. Today’s report just surpassed market expectations for a 600K reading. Single-family housing starts declined 4.9%, while the volatile multifamily sector rose 7.8%. In a negative omen of future building activity, permits inched 3.2% lower.
In attendance were gear heads, automobile tech writers, lifestyle bloggers, environmentalists, and just about any other stratum of the current car/tech/green living/future trends market that you can think of.
June 14, 2011 02:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time “Benchmarking of Lactic Acid and Polylactic Acid in China” Aided by the governmental support and market demand growth, lactic acid industry and polylactic acid (PLA) industry in China have witnessed fast development in recent years, especially the later, which will enjoy great prospect in the future.
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Significant building improvements may becoming to Jackson County Regional Health Center in a few years. Hospital board members heard a report from an architect andengineering firm that it would take $6.2 million to bring theexisting facility up to code and be energy efficient. “I’m concerned if we upgraded the facility for $6.2 million,that would not include any renovations,” Dwain Trenkamp, boardmember, said.
Thorpe House School has been described as excellent by Ofsted A GERRARDS Cross school has received a boost after an inspection described it as excellent.
A new B.C. government report highlights the need for more work to address a projected one-metre rise in the sea level by the end of the century. “Sea level rise (SLR) in the future is expected to be both faster and higher than previously anticipated,” reads the report, titled Climate Change Adaptation Guidelines for Sea Dikes and Coastal Flood Hazard Land Use.
The U.S. Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have yet to determine how to ideal prevent potential setbacks in the refurbishment of B-61 nuclear gravity bombs from undermining Washington’s security obligations to NATO, the Government Accountability Office stated in a report published on Monday (see GSN, April 22).
According to a report released by Freedom House titled Freedom on the Net 2011, Iran is the worst country when it comes to on-line freedom. The top three countries, in order, are Estonia, The United States and Germany. The study judged countries based on three specific criteria: Obstacles to world wide web access, limits on content and violations of user rights. They assigned each country a numerical score based on those criteria. Countries scoring from 0-30 are designated “free,” countries ...
Press Release Source: Research and Markets On Tuesday March 15, 2011, 6:13 pm EDT The Semiconductors in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Semiconductors industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.
Year-end campaign finance reports for seven past, current or future candidates for elected office are now available on the City Clerk’s website. Under new campaign finance laws that went into effect in 2010, municipalities are required to post on-line campaign finance reports from election officials who raise or spend at least $1,000 during a reporting period.