Foreign direct investment is so important to the growth of China's economy that the national government doesn't want to do anything to endanger that.

With strong investment growth and an expected improvement in exports, our forecast for the economy overall is that annual GDP growth will pick up modestly during 2006 to about 3.25 pct.

Falling investment and poor productivity threaten Britain's long-term economic growth and competitiveness in the new global economy.

If you're a big company, you can pressure the Chinese government to help you with IP violations. But if you're a small company, you may only have one idea with little ability to protect it.

Many of the leading technology companies have shown solid sales and earnings growth since the economy began to improve in late 2001. While technology earnings have continued to grow and the stocks have remained flat or even dropped, we believe the prices of many of these companies are more attractive than we have seen in a long time.

The role of government should shift from managing economic growth to socioeconomic development. American public policy should shift its focus from the standard of living to the quality of life and Material possessions to well-being (physical, mental, and material) [On Gross National Happiness (GNH)]