But what does that mean for a massive collaborative effort like research at CERN?
Book value falls short for high-tech firms, whose assets tend to be intangibles like research and development.
Apple competes with phone makers like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, and Google.
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Nokia competes with other mobile makers like Research in Motion, Apple, Motorola and Google.
If they can no longer deduct certain expenses like research and development, it will cut into their personal incomes.
Some analysts were skeptical that Merck could make that number without cutting costs in areas like research and development.
But just like research has shown men are less interested in teaching pre-school, women are generally less interested in pursuing careers in software development.
Of course, companies like Research in Motion have broken ground by providing their customers with easy-to-use e-mail systems over handheld PDAs, such as the BlackBerry.
What he does not believe is helpful is making cuts in areas of investment that actually help the economy grow like research and development or education.
Those worries are affecting not just tablet makers like Research In Motion (RIMM) and Motorola Mobility (MMI), but also the chip makers that supply them.
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We expect iPhone to continue with its growth momentum, eating into market share of players like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia and Google.
Consulting the income statement shows that MIPS Technologies managed to streamline operations by minimizing cost of goods sold, increasing necessary costs like research and development, and still being able to boost the bottom line.
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Some addicts even use portable e-mail devices like Research in Motion's (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) BlackBerry to check for messages in the bathroom, in church and while driving.
Discretionary spending for items like research and marketing is being slashed, workers are being furloughed or offered buyouts, under-performing businesses are being put on the block and acquisitions are being eyed to bolster revenues as demand softens.
Yes, I want to reduce our deficit by cutting spending that we don't need, but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit more so that we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st-century economy.
When I left the theater I felt like a research team had been systematically baby-talking me for an hour-and-a-half.
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Gates and Buffett are in the process of giving away virtually all of their wealth for little causes like medical research and eradicating diseases in Africa.
To reinvest in the essentials that we've neglected for too long -- like health care, like education, like a better energy policy, like basic infrastructure, like scientific research.
They like agricultural research but loathe genetically modified (GM) plants.
In Indonesian business circles, where success is usually measured by the connections you have, Mr Putera is unusual in that he believes passionately in things like market research, brands and technology.
Hit by a series of scandals and highly-publicized attacks by opportunistic short-sellers like Citron Research and Muddy Waters, investor sentiment has weakened and doubt has become the default position.
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Nor, presumably do they see a need to pay enormous bills for doing things like legal research that was formerly the province of law school graduates aspiring to partner in a big firm.
We have sought to find the sensible center in addressing issues like cancer research, building a balanced space program at NASA, and most recently on legislation to stop inmates from using cell phones in prison.
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Indeed, a modern marvel is the bipartisan consensus that a government incompetent to make paper clips should nonetheless spearhead core frontier areas like basic research, green and renewable energy, nanotechnology, science, tech and engineering education funding and more.
Like medical research provides general insights that a skilled doctor needs to combine into a unique treatment plan for an individual patient, rigorous management research could and should provide the basis for skilled managers to make better decisions.
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We've seen scientists experiment with DNA as a storage medium -- most recently with a Harvard team fitting 704TB of data onto a single gram of the genetic material -- and it looks like that research trend is only picking up.
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In a similar sense, when we do cellular research for even -- like for cancer research, for instance, on Earth the cells actually collapse under their own weight and so their growth on Earth are a little bit distorted.
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