Word: greenes
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...planet's seas and oceans, laying waste to coastal lands and immersing some nations entirely. That's a doomsday scenario by most measures - until you consider that the prevailing theories had put the increase at a staggering 15 ft. to 35 ft. (See pictures of New York going green...
...Green Design...
There may well be green shoots in the economy, but American consumers are still withering. That was the message from the Census Bureau's retail sales report on Wednesday morning, with sales dropping 0.4% overall in April. Forecasters had expected no change...
Business investment fell at a staggering 38% annual rate in the first quarter - the worst such performance since the government began keeping quarterly records in 1947. That can't go on forever, and much of the recent talk of green shoots has to do with indications that business spending is at least starting to stabilize. Investment in housing was also down 38%, the sharpest drop since 1980, and there, too, optimists have found early signs of stabilization. It's not unreasonable to think that, sometime in the next few quarters or even months, business and housing will stop dragging...
...rise, it's plain to see that military operations in Afghanistan are not going well. But if Defense Secretary Robert Gates is right, three-star Army Lieut. General Stan McChrystal is just the guy to turn things around. On May 11, Gates announced plans to install the former Green Beret as the top U.S. and NATO commander for the troubled nation. Some analysts hailed the surprising overhaul as proof that the U.S. is rethinking its conventional approach to combat, especially given McChrystal's background as commander of the military's clandestine special operations in Iraq...