A new report by the National Science Foundation (NSF) finds that “the number of U.S. science and engineering (S&E) articles in major peer-reviewed journals flattened in the 1990s, after more than two decades of growth, but U.S. influence in world science and technology remains strong.  […]  Despite the leveling of [...]

In the Wall Street Journal, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr. writes that “a new, broad examination of [the American] business tax system and its impact on economic growth and job creation in the U.S.” is needed.  As Mr. Paulson points out, “[a] study by Treasury economists estimated [...]

According to InfoWorld, “[n]ew research has confirmed that India's mobile phone market is set for a period of fast growth, with revenue from cellular services expected to jump by more than 18 percent each year for the next five years.” In a different article, InfoWorld reports that “[t]he anonymous researcher [...]

According the International Herald Tribune, “the European Commission seeks to make DVB-H the single standard for the transmission of video to cell phones.  According to a person close to the deliberations, the commission will vote to publish the DVB-H standard in the European Commission's official register. That move would have [...]

The Economist points out that Europe’s economic recovery can last only if “if its governments take advantage of sunnier times to make deeper reforms.  […]  European countries that have introduced radical reforms have usually done so in times of serious economic crisis: Britain in 1979, the Netherlands in 1982, Ireland [...]