Fixed asset investment, a measure of government spending on infrastructure, expanded 17.9% during the first two months of 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
In the end, shrinking our carbon footprint will require better infrastructure, expanded low-impact travel choices and incentives for wise consumption and stewardship of the resources that get us from here to there.
As they move to gain share, local exchanges are upgrading their infrastructure, expanding their operations and even throwing out longstanding traditions like lengthy lunch breaks.
Marseille's forthcoming status as European Capital of Culture in 2013 doubtless contributes to the momentum: here is a not-to-be missed chance to upgrade the city's cultural infrastructure, expand on its existing artistic landscape and dream of what it could become.
Dennis Crowley, who founded the company with a fellow entrepreneur, Naveen Selvadurai, said the fresh cash would largely be used to develop its technology infrastructure, expand its staff of nearly 30 employees and relocate to office space in New York, where the company is based.
Amazon is hiring over 2,000 employees and is making continued investment in infrastructure expanding distribution.
The funding will also be used to expand backend infrastructure, expand into new office space, and fund Yik Yak's marketing strategy.
There is work to be done nurturing and educating children, caring for the elderly, replacing and modernizing decayed public infrastructure, expanding research, and transitioning to a green economy.
What's needed is a new agenda for modernizing public infrastructure, expanding access to education and retooling the American economy to win in global competition.
The president has engaged in a comprehensive program of building infrastructure, expanding access to health care, building thousands of new homes for the poor, and creating new schools and scholarships for some of the nation's poorest regions.
On a call with reporters Thursday, Harkin called the bill "a sweeping piece of legislation that will modernize our nation's infrastructure, expand our manufacturing base, prepare American workers for the jobs of the future, and strengthen the economic security of middle-class families".
