Government regulates contribution rates paid to sickness funds, sets global budgets and salaries for public hospitals.

BBC: Healthcare around the world

This is best resolved by the vigorous application of tight, cash-limited, tax-financed global budgets and improvements in resource allocation by doctors and managers.

ECONOMIST: Letters | The

Today we have what can only be called the preordained blockbuster, with every summer bringing a series of big-budget spectacles that we are basically told ahead of time that we will flock to in massive numbers, creating ever-larger opening weekends and ever-larger global earnings (even as the budgets grow so high as to make those massive global grosses absolutely necessary).

FORBES: The Box Office Legacy Of 'Jurassic Park,' 20 Years Later

Despite uncertain economic conditions and companies maintaining tight control on IT budgets, the global external disk storage market is growing massively.

FORBES: EMC Runs To $37 On Booming External Storage Market

Multibillion-dollar budgets have parked people in space, allowed global telecommunications and brought Star Wars military systems within reach.

WSJ: A Cosmic Question: How to Get Rid Of All That Orbiting Space Junk?

Asia's leading airlines are slashing business-class fares through special promotions on a scale not seen since the global financial crisis, as banks continue to cut travel budgets and staff.

WSJ: What's News

Better still, they should make further increases in their official aid budgets to take on these diseases, both bilaterally and through global funds.

ECONOMIST: The Johannesburg summit

Stagnant U.S. research budgets and looming budget cuts are simply providing an opening for countries to capture the global clean energy innovation advantage that America is letting slip out of reach.

FORBES: Three Warning Signs America is Losing the Global Clean Energy Race

The global economic slowdown has led to a torrid time for the advertising industry, with under-pressure companies slashing marketing budgets in an attempt to cut costs.

BBC: Profits fall at ad giant