Builders continue to be discouraged by the prospects of a housing turnaround amid what's likely to be the worst recession in decades, spurring rising unemployment and foreclosures.
The rich world has developed economically in direct proportion to a ready supply of cheap, dependable, and abundant energy, which spurs rising living standards wherever and whenever it comes.
The Spurs' rising star at point guard, the 20-year-old Tony Parker, scored 27 points, as San Antonio's duo out-dueled O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.
The range extends from the Timok River valley near the Yugoslav (Serbian) border, spreading out eastward for about 330 miles (530 km) into several spurs, rising to 7,795 feet (2,376 m) at Botev peak, and breaking off abruptly at Cape Emine on the Black Sea.
The G.M. entries are part of a resurgence of experimentation spurred by rising gasoline prices.
The upsurge, spurred by rising oil prices, raised fears that the inflationary genie was out of the bottle again.But the inflation scare looks overdone, going by this week's official figures.
By acquiring a stake in Supercell, SoftBank is positioning itself to take advantage of an increase in mobile game play that has been spurred by rising smartphone use and high-speed data connections.
When he first became president in 2000, his popularity was guaranteed by a growing economy, spurred by rising oil prices, a devalued currency, macroeconomic stability, spare capacity left after the end of the Soviet Union and, above all, entrepreneurial activity.
There are hopes that 2016 could be a better year for Britain's big supermarkets, which have been hit by a price war spurred by rising competition from Aldi and Lidl.
Lately, spurred by rising costs for electricity and for the coal and other fossil fuels used to produce it, they are making a new push to overcome the barriers blocking this type of renewable energy.
