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...such things as basic medical tests and "business methods" like one-click online shopping. That stifles innovation and blocks new products from the market, according to some experts. "There's a consensus in academia and the legal world that the patent system is seriously out of balance and needs reform," says economist Carl Shapiro of Berkeley's Haas School of Business...
...nearly 11 years he's occupied the Elysée Palace, French President Jacques Chirac has promoted social and economic reform, yet shied away from the conflicts that invariably result. Last week he attempted another awkward balancing act after France saw more huge protests, some of them violent, against a new law allowing workers younger than 26 to be fired without cause within their first two years on the job. Thousands of students staging public sit-ins around the country booed as Chirac, speaking on TV, rejected their demands to repeal the law, then continued jeering as he ordered ruling...
...revitalize the economy, repair the health system and boost employment. Victories in three state elections on March 26 gave her coalition a lift, but now, for the first time since it won power four months ago, the German government is set to grasp the nettle of domestic policy. Reforms to reduce joblessness and find new money for health care are due as early as June. As her supporters celebrated their election gains, Merkel cautioned that "tough working weeks lie ahead of us." It will take more than such warnings, though, to puncture the bubble of good humor enveloping many...
...example: health-care reform. Germany's 123-year-old health-insurance system is hemorrhaging cash, and the two ruling parties are miles apart on how to fix the problem. (The cdu would prefer a flat contribution unrelated to income; the spd wants everyone to pay in, including some groups, such as the self-employed, who have thus far been exempt.) Merkel's government has set itself a deadline of the summer recess in July to come up with a draft compromise. The Chancellor must find a way to balance the egalitarian impulse of the spd, which could impose a heavier...
...Favor Tougher Border Security Too As a fractured Congress debates immigration reform, two-thirds (68%) say that illegal immigration is an extremely/very serious problem in the United States. A large majority believe the U.S. is not doing enough to secure its borders...