Never mind that, to some extent, the wrongs resulted from what was ill-conceived regulation from the start--a health care system so convoluted and ripe for gaming that it makes the tax code look elegant.
People are fine with it, because if companies instead use the patent system to shut out other start-ups, less innovation happens.
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There is other evidence from Europe that their patent system is not working for their start-ups.
McLaren, one of only two teams still using the energy power-boost system, suffered a poor start to 2009.
In separate online advertising development Wednesday, Google announced that users of its search-advertising system will soon have to start paying for marketing messages sent to some mobile devices, even if they only are interested in reaching people on desktop and laptop computers.
But the hobbled financial system will make it hard for cash-hungry start-ups to get financing, so innovation will suffer.
Within 18 months an electronic-cash system being tested in England will start pilot operations in Hong Kong and Singapore.
For example, it is unlikely that a start-up will succeed in taking on Wal-Mart (WMT) directly in the retailing business with an everyday low price strategy nor will a start-up office operating system maker make much headway against Microsoft (MSFT).
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Recent discoveries have led to advances in how to unleash the immune system, though one challenge has been to jump-start the body's defenses without injury to healthy, normal cells.
Since April, Verizon has been testing a version of the researchers' P4P system implemented by the New York-based file-sharing start-up, Pando.
In other countries subsidies helped to kick-start demand, but Britain's system of conversion grants was badly run, and eventually fell foul of European state-aid rules.
Many users had complained that ditching the traditional Start Menu and introducing the Start Screen had made the system less straight-forward to use, meaning businesses which adopted it would need to retrain staff.
Since April, Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) has been testing a version of the researchers' P4P system implemented by the New York-based file-sharing start-up, Pando.
Since the start of the modern two-party system in the mid-19th century, the party of an incumbent president has never captured control of the House from the other party in a midterm election.
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America is planning to improve its satellite-navigation system further: next year, it will start launching a second generation of GPS satellites, which will offer greater accuracy for civilian users and, for military purposes, greater protection against the signal being jammed by an enemy.
"We have an approval and reimbursement system that is expensive, risk-averse and basically hostile to start-ups, " said William A. Sahlman, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and an investor in Rest Devices.
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time in first and second qualifying sessions, retired on lap 27 due to an electrical failure, while Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg did not even start the race due to a fuel-system problem.
Once the proposals are formally agreed it will start the biggest shake-up of the banking system since the global financial crisis.
Too much of our start-up industry has devolved into a feeder system for giant media companies and investment banks.
He explained the system is double-edged, identifying areas or young people likely to start getting into trouble and taking preventive action as well as working with young offenders to prevent further offending.
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Given the level of opportunity that we have today, combined with our ability to bring about rapid global change through system-change and exponential technology, there is no better time to start moving than now.
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"The start of production of the Tegra-based MIB infotainment system was a major milestone for Audi, " said Mathias Halliger, head of architecture, MMI system at Audi.
The difficulty is demonstrating a physical system where this kind of detective work can be accomplished - to show a start and an endpoint to the process.
We have a system that administers grade-level assessments and gives no credit to students who start well below grade level and make amazing progress or to those who are able to race ahead.
Hamilton's fast start, made possible by the Kers power-boost system on his McLaren, catapulted him ahead of Vettel on the run down to the first corner and was crucial in deciding the result of the race.
Firefox 2.0 also has an improved session restoration system that will let users resurrect tabbed webpages they accidentally closed or will re-start a net session at the point before a crash.
And while I think success for start-ups like hers is absolutely necessary for changing the food system, the ethos of the meeting put more value on helping others than on making money.
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Facebook, Apple and a raft of start-ups are all trying to develop a low-cost payment system, which could be a lucrative undertaking in itself.
Even before the U.S. launch, the 3DS is off to the most promising start of any game system in at least a decade, according to pre-sale observations from Amazon.com.
Spurs boss Jol tweaked his system again, withdrawing Keane to return a 4-4-2, but at the start of extra-time Liverpool again threatened, as Welsh's 95th-minute shot beat England goalkeeper Paul Robinson but not the post.
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