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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: etchmeister who wrote (20799)	10/4/2006 1:41:45 AM
From: etchmeister	Respond to of 25522

major semi downgrade pending??

To: etchmeister who wrote (20799)	10/4/2006 8:36:21 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

China's Spending For Research Outpaces the U.S. The Wall Street Journal ^ \| 09/29/2006 \| GAUTAM NAIK online.wsj.com An unprecedented surge in research and development spending is helping China catch up with the two longstanding leaders in the field, the U.S. and Japan, a new study found. R&D spending in China has been growing at an annual rate of about 17%, and is far higher than the 4% to 5% annual growth rates reported for the U.S., Japan and the European Union over the past dozen years. China's massive investments in education are also bearing fruit. In 2002, its industrial-research work force was 42% the size of the equivalent U.S. work force, up from 16% in 1991. (Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ....