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Now and then: How different downturns affect the Southeast service sector
The service sector has performed very differently in the recession that began in March 2001 than it did in the July 1990-March 1991 recession. Many service industries have performed poorly in the most recent downturn, demonstrating that the service sector may be less immune to negative economic shocks than is commonly assumed.
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The internet: changing businesses' approach to business
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Housing cooldown blows through Florida
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State of decline: State budgets feel the pinch
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Energy helps power the Southeastern economy
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Manufacturing revs up Mobile
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What's different about this recovery?
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The energy debate: is ethanol the answer?
As global demand for oil has soared over the past few years, taking prices with it, the search is on for alternatives to petroleum. Some researchers champion ethanol as the fuel source that will reduce U.S. reliance on crude oil.
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110 degrees in the shade: drought sears the Southeast
In the summer of 2007, the Southeast experienced the sort of drought that historically occurs only twice in a century. The parched region and its large agricultural sector are still adding up the toll that Mother Nature exacted.