The weight of certain items, sectors, or activities is reduced or increased in order to influence GDP components, such as industrial production. This practice is frowned upon (and landed quite a few corporate managers in the gaol), but is still widespread in the shoddier and shadier corners of the globe. It is considered equally self-evident that the private sector is better, more competent, and more efficient at allocating scarce economic resources and thus at preventing waste. In other...

In Columbia s southwest neighborhood, Ratliff, his son, Scott, who is also his partner, and two employees braved the sweltering heat and the deafening noise from their tree-cutting equipment to tear down a big leafy oak tree standing beside Larry Noxon s house at 505 Edgewood Ave. In Columbia s southwest neighborhood, Ratliff, his son, Scott, who is also his partner, and two employees braved the sweltering heat and the deafening noise from their tree-cutting equipment to tear down a big...

For a whole hog, the process can take days, and, depending on the chef, the door to the smoker may not be opened again until the pig is ready. Competitors are happy to debate, for hours, the finer points of pig preparation, without giving away any secrets, of course. Barbecuers wait with their hogs while talking shop and sipping domestic beer. Participants camped out smoking cuts of meat. Meat is smoked "slow and low," very slowly at a low temperature. This method tenderizes the meat until...

The 50/50 venture intends to construct and operate multiple stand-alone commercial facilities capable of producing ultra-clean, high quality, next generation renewable synthetic fuels using Syntroleums patented Biofining process, a flexible feed/flexible synthetic fuels technology. The 50/50 venture intends to construct and operate multiple stand-alone commercial facilities capable of producing ultra-clean, high quality, next generation renewable synthetic fuels using Syntroleums patented...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Not really a moving target Rich Somerville/The Times-Standard Article Launched:06/05/2007 04:29:28 AM PDT The web frenzy about the monster pig shot by an 11-year-old boy on an Alabama hunting preserve looked fishy from the start -- primarily because it's doubtful a truly feral boar could grow to more than 1,000 pounds just foraging for nuts in the forest. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Not really a moving target Rich Somerville/The...