MDS Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results

...mix of products for these plants to maximize the economic benefits while protecting our intellectual property and our access to markets in which trade protectionism is a factor. Operating income was $10 million for the third quarter of 2007 compared to an equal amount for the third quarter of 2006. Operating inco...

Fresh Water, HIV Biggest of India's Six Challenges: Chidambaram

... * Economic impact of demographics - India is facing a demographic dividend. Might it turn into a demographic liability? * Globalisation versus protectionism - What happens if there is a backlash or retrenchment from globalisation? * Climate change, the environment and challenges to Indian growth - C...

protectionism in Medical Technology

Nonin Medical Inc. Announces Entry Into the Cerebral Oximeter Market

...'s vision for interoperability and facilitating information flow without the need of proprietary interfaces. "We must leave the old business models of protectionism behind," said Tschautscher. "This is one reason why Nonin Medical is actively supporting and driving open communication standards." About Nonin Medi...

protectionism in Biological Technology

Preservation not protectionism

A majority of economists and corporate executives believe that globalization is good for America overall despite the significant disruption it causes. But there is a substantial difference between thoughtfully embracing global free trade and assuming a laissez faire attitude towards how this trend ...

Brazilian Sugarcane Industry: OECD Report Confirms Overall Benefits of Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol

...taking advantage of that opportunity," says Jank. "The road to energy independence is not through isolation but energy diversification, and reducing protectionism would help reduce gasoline prices in the short term," says Joel Velasco, UNICA's Chief Representative in the United States. In both the U.S. and the E...

Wisconsin Manufacturing and the Machinery for Change

...and long-distance phone service comes to mind, as does some kinds of photographic film and paper production. No amount of governmental intervention or protectionism will save them. Yes, Wisconsin does have a proud manufacturing history and remains among the top two or three largest manufacturing employers in t...

Free trade vs. fair trade

...hat engage in it. What we are seeing is nothing other than a new form of protectionism that interferes with a technological revolution and worldwide trade that ha...cies that serve a gate-keeping function, London said. I am not so sure that protectionism is such a bad policy, right now. I believe the right public policies can ke...

Visions: Innovating like Madonna and Willie Nelson (and Steve Jobs)

...y substantial opportunities. On the flip side, failure to do that, basically playing price-war games, or trying to rely on either lobbying or legal protectionism or attempting to just mimic rivals, I think is a loser's gambit. Convergence of forces Harari, who teaches in the graduate school of business ...