This begins with a stimulus, such as an electric shock, that promotes the fusion of an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed with a donor cell whose nucleus it will assume.

ECONOMIST: Cloning around

That's why many economists embrace intelligent infrastructure spending on roads, bridges, schools, electric grids and rural Internet access as effective stimulus elements.

WSJ: What It Would Take for Stimulus to Work

To some, the Obama administration's stimulus spending on everything from wind turbines to electric-car batteries was enlightened.

WSJ: Green Technologies Begin to Play Key Role in Global Economic Fight

Spokesman Cardenas counters that the city's health care sector will grow 10% by the end of the year, and federal stimulus money will revolutionize businesses for car batteries and electric vehicles.

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