In January, a lithium-ion battery startup, A123 Systems, applied for a $1.8 billion loan from the Department of Energy to build a series of car-battery plants, the first in southeast Michigan, that could mark the beginning of a new industry, just as Detroit in its heyday generated waves of new companies and jobs in its wake.
When the Lemmings line was in its heyday, it generated a cottage industry of similar games: Humans, Diggers, Troddlers.
During the commodity boom's heyday Waste Management generated aftertax cash flow of about $150 million a year on recycling operations and was investing $100 million a year in recycling.
It was still powerful, generating large audiences, but not what it was in its heyday.
In his long heyday, Mr. Hartford frequently turned up in the company of movie stars like Lana Turner and Gene Tierney, generating café society headlines.
On his way to the presentation, he is confronted by his estranged father, a former cigarette worker, who invokes tobacco's heyday and the prosperity it generated.
"No guts, no glory," said Halmi, who produced many of the event miniseries generated during the genre's heyday, including 1996's "Gulliver's Travels" and 1997's "The Odyssey," which drew appropriately epic ratings.
But as China's government looks to generate more high-quality and sustainable growth, that heyday may be over.
Sanyo Electric's so-called Solar Ark, built in 2001 during the heyday of the country's initial solar boom, was designed to generate 630 kilowatts of power, making it one of the world's largest solar facilities.
Officials in the emirate reckon the Expo will cost $8.5 billion, but will generate almost three times that amount.As in Dubai's heyday, a host of fantastical construction projects are under development across the city.A vast replica of the Taj Mahal, four times the size of the original and housing a hotel and a shopping centre, is planned.
