The prospect of an emerging tech boom, albeit a slower boom than in the late 1990s, inspired Stahlman to make his bold prediction about how computers will change.
Industry groups said meeting the proposed standards would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and slow the boom in domestic natural gas production.
With the exception of New York State and a few other localities, little has been done through governmental authority to slow the boom in hydraulic fracturing.
As home prices soared for much of this decade, it became harder and harder for many people to afford them, but that did not slow the boom.
An unlikely alliance of farmers and green-minded city folk are trying to slow the boom down, if not stop it altogether.Australia's gas rush started with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from reserves under the Indian Ocean, off the north coast of Western Australia.
Disruptions in oil supply from Nigeria have helped to push up oil prices.Apple Computer will pay Creative Technology, a Singapore firm, $100m to settle a patent dispute over the iPod digital music-player.China interest rateChina raised a benchmark interest rate in an effort to slow a boom in credit and investment.
If the low-price, low-wage trend continues, a rate rise to calm the labour market could still be a year or more away.The fevered London housing market is a headache for the MPC, creating pressure for the regulators to slow the boom by raising rates soon.
Most of all, the authority plans to take advantage of the slower construction boom by cutting its costs there by $800 million.
He said the bank was considering steps to raise reserve requirements on mortgage loans as a way of slowing the boom, and expressed concern over whether bank capital would be adequate if home prices fell sharply.
In China, there is plenty of scope for policy easing, since the authorities raised bank reserve requirements many times in an attempt to slow the property boom.
