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ARRA, or the stimulus bill, provided the National Institute of Health (NIH) with $10.4 billion to fund two-year research projects and Harvard has been granted funding for 65 research proposals, the majority of which deal with health care and medical research...
...stimulus] has unleashed a wave of innovative ideas,” Casey said. He added that he believes the stimulus will create jobs and fuel innovation...
Though he acknowledged that it may be too early to tell whether researchers will fare well in the ongoing application process and whether or not stimulus funds will negatively impact philanthropic donations...
...Mittelstand, Germany's formidable family-owned companies. "When a big company gets into difficulty, the German eagle comes to the rescue. When a Mittelstand company gets into trouble, the vultures circle," Westerwelle said in May. His recipe for growth: encourage private investment and cut taxes. "You can sign 100 stimulus programs but if investing doesn't gain momentum, the economy won't get better," he says...
...great recession hasn't been great for free trade. As unemployment has risen throughout the world, governments have become more focused on protecting their own industries than on promoting international commerce. The U.S., typically an enthusiastic supporter of open markets, included "buy American" clauses in its stimulus package and propped up its flailing auto industry with handouts. Although a meeting of ministers in New Delhi in early September promised to restart long-stalled World Trade Organization negotiations aimed at reaching a global consensus on freer trade, wide differences remain between developed and developing nations that make a final deal difficult...