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...drug companies doubled R&D investment in China and India over the previous year, to $2.2 billion. Nearly all of that went into China, thanks to generous government support and strong infrastructure. Beijing wants to attract more than 2% of the world's R&D budget, or about $10 billion...
TIME You canceled a TV show to mark the 100-day milestone because of a $65 million budget overrun. What happened...
...fighting.” Perhaps this is because since 2004, when Spain withdrew, 3,374 Americans have died in Iraq (according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, an independent Web site that tracks military deaths). Or maybe it’s because since then, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. government has spent $343 billion on “Military Operations and Other Defense Activities” and “Indigenous Security Forces”—only two of the four main areas of defense spending—in Iraq. Had the situation...
There are other risks, none greater over the long term than the estimated $521 billion budget deficit. That's the biggest ever in dollar terms and, at about 5% of gross domestic product (GDP), the largest in more than a decade. The U.S. current-account deficit, which measures the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income and currency transfers, is also at a record high: about $550 billion for 2003. Last month the International Monetary Fund warned that these deficits pose "significant risks" for the U.S. and the world economy. Why? Because they are so large, they could...
...first priority is requests pending under the Freedom of Information Act. And any potential political muckrakers must get in a line - a very long line - of nearly 300 FOIA requests. Those requests are given full-time attention by a mere six archivists, whose numbers reflect the budget limitations they are working under...