The federal government has given generously to the clean energy industry over the last few years, funneling billions of dollars in grants, loans and tax breaks to renewable power sources like wind and solar, biofuels and electric vehicles. ''Clean tech'' has been good in return. During the recession, it was one of the few sectors to add jobs. Costs...
The Census Bureau offered the first detailed picture of population shift in the United States since the end of the recession, releasing data that showed that population growth in outer suburbs -- the fastest growing areas in the last decade -- all but ground to a halt in 2010 and 2011, as the painful effects of the housing crisis lingered. The...
BO'AO, China -- The senior leadership of the Chinese government increasingly views the competition between the United States and China as a zero-sum game, with China the likely long-range winner if the American economy and domestic political system continue to stumble, according to an influential Chinese policy analyst. China views the United...