Wrapping in other attempts by the Obama administration to ignite demand — from the payroll tax cut and extended unemployment assistance to the "cash for clunkers" program to encourage drivers to buy a fuel-efficient car — the cost rises to some $1.25 trillion, which amounts, on average, to about 2.1 percent of the nation's annual output from 2009 through 2012.
But Uber is very much focused on taking upping the ante in India, where the anticipated growth in smartphone adoption is tipped to ignite demand for e-commerce and other mobile-centric services.
Coming out with a new product that hits a snag with connectivity issues, however, is not a good look as it tries to convince consumers and Wall Street that it's about to re-ignite demand in a smartphone market that is starting to hit a saturation point — hence the dumping of a few billions of dollars in value.
The alliance has angered local businesses and ignited demands from lawmakers that Japan develop a domestic search engine to reduce its dependence on overseas technology.
The leak last month of an unclassified Justice Department "white paper" summarizing the administration's abstract legal arguments — prepared months after the Awlaki and Khan killings amid an internal debate over how much to disclose — has ignited demands for even greater transparency, culminating last week in a 13-hour Senate filibuster that temporarily delayed Mr. Brennan's confirmation.
The Federal Reserve has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgage-backed bonds since the crisis, an initiative that lowers interest rates and ignites demand for new loans among borrowers.
Fire hazards following an earthquake can be significant due to increased likelihood of fires igniting, increased demands on firefighting resources, and potential obstacles to timely response.
3D television, for instance, has failed to ignite consumer demand.
If sensor-based computing takes off, it will ignite fresh demand for a wide range of hardware and software to store, process and search the new oceans of data for nuggets of useful knowledge.
So Sam Palmisano has some wiggle room as he tries to ignite On Demand.
