Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...numbers are real warnings," says Francis Narin, president of Computer Horizons, a consulting firm that did the patent study for the NSF. "We're in danger of losing our technological edge. We've gone soft." Herbert Wamsley, executive director of the Intellectual Property Owners, a trade group representing inventors, agrees. Says he: "The level of patenting is a sign of ) corporate virility. This is yet one more indication that America's technological leadership is slipping...
Nonetheless, few would deny that the Japanese have made great strides as inventors. One common explanation is that the Japanese government, largely through the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, spends enormous sums on research and development. But that is only part of the story. Surprisingly, 79% of the funds for Japanese R. and D. come from private companies. In total R.-and-D. expenditures for 1986, the U.S. outspent Japan $119 billion to $72 billion. But that was because more than 50% of American research was funded by the Government (notably the Pentagon) and by universities. Not surprisingly, American...
...troubles as he prepared for this week's meetings on the plan with President Reagan were sharp criticisms from 30 U.S. Senators who attacked him for rejecting the "land-for-peace" proposal. Finally, the European Parliament took a slap at the embattled Israeli government, refusing to ratify new trade accords that would give Israel easier access to European markets and loans...
...interview, George Bush asked a reporter if he had seen a Johnny Carson sketch that parodied Bush's tense interview with Dan Rather. The V.P. repeated the piece, in which a man confronts his wife over the question of his breakfast cereal. "Where are my Charms?" he asks. "I traded them for sausages," replied Bush, now playing the wife. "You traded Charms for sausages? How could you?" demands the husband. "I wouldn't want my entire career as a housewife judged on that one trade. You wouldn't want your entire career as a husband judged on those seven minutes...
...would withhold $6.5 million in fees collected by the Panama Canal Commission and scheduled to be paid to the Panamanian government this week. The money was held, said Washington, at the request of Delvalle, whom the U.S. continues to recognize as Panama's President. Reagan also suspended trade preferences that will affect $96 million in commerce between the U.S. and Panama. There will be no "business as usual" with the Noriega regime, the President said. Secretary of State George Shultz argued that a severe economic squeeze would force Noriega out. Other officials, including Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, contended that such...