Time for the annual check-up The Herald
It is two years since public halls across Scotland filled with people wanting to talk to Professor David Kerr, the cancer expert tasked with creating a blueprint for the future of the NHS in Scotland.
Florida business briefs Miami Herald
Perry Ellis International agreed to pay $63 million to buy back the rights from Parlux Fragrances to manufacture and distribute perfume, cosmetics and related products under the Perry Ellis brand name.
Sizzling services produce festive joy The Herald
Britain's non-retail service sector, which includes hotels, port, restaurants and information technology, grew faster than expected in November, and at its strongest pace since January 2004, a leading survey showed yesterday.
Sir Nicholas Stern HM Treasury
Sir Nicholas Stern will step down as Head of the Government Economic Service in March next year to take up a new position at the London School of Economics (LSE). The Director of the LSE, Howard Davies, alongside Dr Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, announced in New Delhi this morning that Sir Nicholas has accepted the IG Patel Professorship at the LSE.
Stamp duty relief to underline need for zero-carbon houses Times Online
What is a carbon-neutral home? Newly built zero-carbon homes will be exempt from stamp duty from April for at least three years, Gordon Brown announced.
Need to Know: Global Business Briefing Times Online
Economics The CIPS/RBS purchasing managers' index of services showed that activity in the sector rose at its fastest pace in nearly three years in November, with the headline index rising to 59.8, from 59.3 in October.
Telecoms say N.J. must rewire its policies The Star-Ledger
If New Jersey is going to regain its pre-eminence in telecommunications, the state needs to revise its regulatory and tax policies to reflect the competitive nature of the sector, industry executives said yesterday.
Green belt sale would kill off town centres, warn environmentalists Guardian Unlimited
The sale of green belt land will create ghost towns if planning laws are changed, campaigners say.
Green belt sale would kill off town centres, warn environmentalists Guardian Unlimited
Review would ease planning rules on green belt land.
Green belt sale would kill off town centres, warn environmentalists Guardian Unlimited
Treasury-commissioned review backs easing planning rules.

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Future Media Research Programme, Institute of Finance and Accounting Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Economics of Planning, Economics of
PPI: The Past and Future of America's Economy by Robert D. Atkinson
The book is a great vision for the future, and its scholarly but readable mix of history, technology, economics and politics is very persuasive.
The Spectrum Should Be Private Property: The Economics, History
In this essay, I will review, from a Rothbardian perspective, the history, economics, and potential future of American wireless technology, and explain why
Top economist counts future cost of climate change - earth - 30
Sir Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, the world invests now in the technologies needed to create a global low-carbon economy.
Communities Dominate Brands: Just 3 years out of date: Economist
Just 3 years out of date: Economist Future of Telecoms and Convergence Special Report But the technology has moved beyond this. I think its like gas,
Politico's Bookshop : The Economist: The Future of Technology - by
Politico's Bookshop, The Economist: The Future of Technology - by Tom Standage.
IFTF's Future Now: Economist on corporate blogs
Emerging technologies and their implications for the future. The Economist has an article about corporate blogs and PR, with a focus on Robert Scoble's
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green
Economist Technology Quarterly. Jamais Cascio December 15, 2003 5:41 PM the future we want. it's just a matter of grabbing hold and getting moving.
Economics of Information Technology
If all consumers are identical, a monopolist that commit to future prices would The demand for monitoring technologies. Quarterly Journal of Economics,
History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology
"Household Technology and the Social Construction of Housework. HOME ECONOMICS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1980. economist+future+technology: economist+future+technology