Huawei has invested heavily in research and development in recent years, and in efforts to show customers that its home-grown technology is world-class, as well as less expensive than that of its competitors.

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So were recent Obama proposals to make the research and development tax credit permanent, and to accelerate business' ability to write off expenses.

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Its recent earnings report shows an increase in research and development spending.

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In recent years, many compounds have been withdrawn for cardiotoxicity, representing potential losses of huge investments in research and development.

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Game Developers Conference 2013 organizers have announced the recent addition of two talks from Valve that discuss porting Team Fortress 2 to VR goggles - plus research and development challenges for head-mounted displays and tracking systems.

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