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The article focuses on the U.S. government announcing charges against individuals in two cases aimed at enforcing laws against the transfer of critical technologies, part of a broader campaign to hinder military efforts and weapons production in rival countries.

The article focuses on the completion of trade talks between U.S. and Chinese negotiators on July 31, 2019 without resolving a trade war that has affective global economic confidence. Topics covered include the topics discussed by negotiators including forced technology transfer and intellectual property rights and the statement issued by Chinese officials on the need to rely on domestic demand to manage new risks.

The article focuses on the status of the trade agreement negotiations between the U.S. and China as of February 2019. Topics covered include the possible resolution of the fate of Chinese telecom company Huawei as part of a final trade deal, U.S. concerns about China's trade barriers and its treatment of U.S. companies, and the gaps that remain between the two countries on structural issues that include technology transfer.

The article reports on the initiative of China to cut tariffs on U.S. cars and other goods as part of its strategy to end trade dispute with the U.S. and assesses potential response of the U.S. Topics discussed are Chinese government's adjustment of foreign economic policy, proposed law forbidding Chinese officials to force foreign firms to transfer their technology to Chinese businesses, and actions to strengthen China's intellectual property protections against counterfeits and piracy.

The article reports that the U.S. and China are anticipating a time when their economic engines are not so closely connected, particularly in the area of high technology. The trade relationship between the two countries covers more than 700 billion dollars in goods and services. A trade war has forced U.S. and Chinese policymakers to rethink the trade relationship. China's Made in China 2025 plan is aimed at reducing reliance on Western technology.

The article reports that members of U.S. Congress has sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to impose limits on the sale of certain technologies by American companies to Chinese companies or agencies to prevent overbearing surveillance and other human rights abuses.

The article discusses the impact of United States economic sanctions on Russia over Russia's military intervention in Ukraine in terms of energy company Exxon Mobil's Kara Sea oil exploration project in the Arctic Ocean. Topics addressed include U.S. demands that American companies suspend their technology-transfer partnerships with Russian energy companies, as well as the possible long-term impact of the sanctions for Exxon and the Russian energy industry.

The article discusses efforts by the Chinese government to obtain research findings from scientists working in the United States as of June 5, 2013, highlighting allegations that scientists working at the New York University (N.Y.U.) School of Medicine accepted bribes to share information with a research institute in Shenzhen, China. Topics addressed include findings presented in the book "Chinese Industrial Espionage," and technology transfer in China.

The article focuses on the need to stop nuclear weapons test and launched a satellite on a rocket by North Korea and technology transfers to other parties.

The article discusses a new computing device developed by Jim Marggraff, formerly an executive with the interactive toy company LeapFrog. He is now chief of Livescribe and has invented a computerized pen that allows users to write on paper and have their notes uploaded onto their computer. The pen also records and can replay recordings based on when certain things were written. The pen will be available in the summer of 2007.

The article discusses several efforts by other nations to set up services like the U.S.'s Global Navigational Satellite System. Russia is planning on launching eight satellites by the end of 2007 which will initially provide services for Russia, but will offer global services by 2009. Their services will in direct competition to the American system. China and the European Union have similar plans.

Reports that Iran declared that it would soon resume some of the nuclear activities it had suspended during negotiations with Europe, and accused the U.S. and other nations of using the fear of nuclear weapons proliferation to deny peaceful nuclear technology to developing nations. Overview of the Iranian announcement, which was made by the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hamid-Reza Asefi, at the conference at the United Nations reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; Reactions of European and President George W. Bush administration officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Approach of Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to Iran; Comments of ElBaradei; How the U.S. and its allies are confronting nuclear breakouts on opposite sides of the world; Belief that North Korea already possesses nuclear material for six to eight weapons; Outlook.

Discusses the miniaturization of electronic devices. Electronic devices that are developed with smaller sizes; Statement of Charles Seiber, senior product marketing manager for Logitech on thin and sleek devices; Pros and cons of miniaturization of electronic devices.

Reports on the piece of evidence to the issue of the peddling of advanced nuclear technology by scientists at the secret Abdul Qadeer Khan Research Laboratories in Pakistan. Circulation of the sales brochure of the laboratory; Three-decade long project to build a nuclear stockpile of enriched uranium by Pakistan; Emergence of the country as the intellectual and trading center of a loose network of hidden nuclear proliferators.

The article focuses on 64 year-old doctor Robert Langer and his Langer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It says that the Langer Lab is the leading laboratory which turns discoveries into a range of drug delivery systems and drugs. It mentions several companies which invested in Langer Laboratory including Polaris Venture Partners, Eisai Inc., and Momenta Pharmaceuticals.

CHINESE goods, from textiles to tools to toys, have been flooding into America for years. But despite their repeated promises, Chinese automakers haven't begun to make a dent in the car market in the United States. For at least half a decade, Chinese manufacturers including Brilliance, Geely, Great Wall and BYD Auto have displayed vehicles at the Detroit and Los Angeles auto shows, often with news releases announcing plans to sell cars in the near future. But the cars never materialized in the dealer showrooms -- which also remain missing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took a tough approach on Wednesday on several proliferation issues, saying that Iran and North Korea must take decisive action to curb their nuclear programs, and not just talk about doing so, if they expected to enjoy an easing of global pressures. She also foreshadowed the results of a review being conducted by the Pentagon, which she said would produce a ''transformational document'' on the role, size and composition of the United States' nuclear stockpile. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DRIVEN by the pressure to innovate, companies facing major technological change have wholeheartedly embraced management gurus' advice on how to develop creative, breakthrough products. As a result, corporate America is flush with incubators, skunk works and innovation silos. But has the pendulum swung too far? New technologies are obviously important, but even in today's fast-paced environment, they can take a long time to substitute for the old. In the meantime, incremental innovation based on old technologies can help a company survive. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The House of Representatives approved President Bush's ill-conceived nuclear agreement with India last week, shrugging off concerns that the deal could make it even harder to rein in Iran's (and others') nuclear ambitions. We hope the Senate shows better judgment. For 30 years, ever since India used its civilian nuclear program to produce a bomb, the world has been barred from selling any nuclear technology to India. The deal -- pressed hard by American business and India's lobbyists -- would allow the United States to break that ban and open the way for the rest of the world to sell reactors and fuel to India as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency has announced on February 9, 2007 that it has suspended 22 of its 55 technical aid programs with Iran. The announcement has given a modest victory to the U.S. administration in its efforts to isolate internationally. According to the report by the agency to its board, it has also suspended some minor programs. The U.S. administration has objected the aid programs dubbing these as help to nuclear efforts of Tehran.

The article presents information about the U.S. allegation that Iran is supplying lethal technology to militias in Iraq. The national security advisors to President George W. Bush including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have decided to delay the publication of evidence about Iran's technology transfer. The delay order has made way to doubts about the quality and authenticity of the evidence.

The article discusses various issues that highlight how the technology transfer programs connect universities, researchers and financiers. Many universities have offices of technology transfer looking to turn research into commercial ventures. Universities earn fees from licensing patents, but the real benefit comes from contributions to the endowment if the start up company is successful, says Lawrence Gilbert, senior director of technology transfer for the California Institute of Technology.

The article offers information on a nuclear deal between China and the United States. Under the deal, China will buy four nuclear reactors from Westinghouse Electric Corp. A memorandum of understanding for the reactors was signed between U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman and Ma Kai, China's National Development and Reform Commission, in Beijing, China, on December 16, 2006.

The article reports on U.S. President George W. Bush's vow to strictly monitor North Korea's nuclear program. After the nuclear test by North Korea, Bush declared that the U.S. will hold the country accountable if it shared nuclear material. Bush's vow will require high level of intelligence and international diplomatic cooperation. For the purpose, the U.S. will have to invest in technology for fingerprinting of nuclear materials.

This article presents information about Utek Corp., a technology transfer company.

Reports that Palm Inc., the maker of the Treo smartphone, and its rival Research In Motion Inc., the makers of wireless Blackberry device, has signed a licensing agreement to alter the competition in the market for phones that offer electronic mail and other functions.

Reports on the proposal of the British government that the Iranian government be reported on the United Nations Security Council, for its failure to comply with treaties governing its nuclear program.

Reports global developments relating to social, economic, and political issues as of September 14, 2005. Death sentence of an Indonesian for involvement in an embassy suicide bombing; Extradition of a terrorist suspect in Italy; Plan of the government to open an electronic file on every child at birth as a tool to spot and protect the troubled children in Netherlands.

Reports that American commanders have made changes in their plans in the event of a military conflict with North Korea, to rely in large measure on a new generation of sensors, smart bombs and high-speed transport ships.

Analyzes the motivation behind U.S. President George W. Bush's recent shift in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. Bush's goal of rewriting the main treaty governing the spread of nuclear technology, without actually renegotiating it; How Bush has convinced European allies that Iran must give up its right to enrich uranium to produce electric power; Suggestion that Bush's argument amounts to a reinterpretation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; Background on the treaty, whose intellectual roots date back to the Eisenhower administration; Administration's effort to close loopholes in the treaty letting Iran and others enrich uranium; Why Bush has not called for renegotiating the treaty; Analysis of the treaty; Agreement between Bush and the director general of the IAEA, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, that established nuclear nations should supply fuel to countries that need it.

Focuses on the U.S. and the issue of nuclear nonproliferation. How lines have blurred as nuclear technology has spread; Suggestion that the President George W. Bush administration has sent conflicting signals about what it will do if diplomacy fails to disarm Iran and North Korea; Reference to Israel, India and Pakistan and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; Comments of analysts; Question of how far the Europeans are willing to let the Iranians go in developing a civilian nuclear capability that could be converted to military use; Outlook.

Reports that, roughly a year after Libya disarmed and Pakistan put Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan under house arrest, the intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are still far from fully understanding Khan's atomic black market. Background on the rogue nuclear network led by Khan, chief architect of Pakistan's bomb; How the inquiry into Khan's global enterprise has been hampered by discord between the U.S. President George W. Bush administration and the IAEA; Khan's role as mastermind of the largest illicit nuclear proliferation network in history; Concerns; Outlook. INSET: A Nuclear Network Partly Revealed.

Features the WiFlyer from Always On Wireless Inc. Price; Distinct features of the product.

Features the Virgin Boomtube, a four-watt portable speaker system for digital music players from Virgin Electronics.

Features the SpeakerCom from Nyko. Price; System requirement of SpeakerCom; Prevalence of the product.

Features the Jawbone from Aliph. Functionalism of the Jawbone; System requirements of Jawbone; Basis for the design of the product; Price.

Features the Belkin MediaPilot keyboard from Belkin Inc. Distinct features of the product; Physical description of the product; Price.

Announces that Intel lowered its projections for revenue and profit margins for the third quarter in 2004. Decrease in semiconductor stocks despite the high closing levels of stock indexes including Nasdaq; Views from Intel's chief financial officer Andy Bryant on how Intel had been overly optimistic about the stability of demand for its chips; How Intel has missed deadlines in product development; Shift of the company's sales mix toward lower-margin products such as chips for desktop computers; Decrease in market demand for flash memory chips such as those used in cellular phones.

Discusses how the South Korean government admitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency that a group of the country's scientists secretly produced a small amount of near-weapons grade uranium. Suspicions that South Korea may have attempted a secret program in order to compete with the nuclear weapons arsenal of North Korea; Details on how a group of rogue scientists produced highly enriched uranium in 2000 without the knowledge of the government; Ways the country violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; How an investigation by energy agency inspectors triggered the South Korean disclosure.

Discusses that the revelations about the international nuclear trading of the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan have rekindled a debate inside the American intelligence community over the possibility that Pakistan conducted a secret nuclear weapons test partnership with North Korea. Confession made by the scientist that he spread nuclear skills and equipment to North Korea, Libya and Iran, over more than a decade; Report being prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency on what North Korea may have gained from the scientist's nuclear dealings.

Discusses the concern of Salahuddin Khan, owner of Good Looks Fabrics and Tailors store in Islamabad, Pakistan, about the business implications of having Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan as a regular customer. Abdul's confession to sharing nuclear technology with Iran, North Korea, and Libya; American investigators' discovery of a plastic bag from Salahuddin's Islamabad store in a nuclear weapons facility in Libya; Questions about the store's innocence and how one of its shopping bags ended up in Libya.

Discusses proposals for dealing with what experts call a dangerous new phase of nuclear proliferation. Solution that was proposed by a small political and technical elite more than 60 years ago; Debate over internationalism versus unilateralism; Confession of Pakistani scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan; Proposal of U.S. President George W. Bush to shut down the black market; How Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is urging multinational controls on making materials that can be used for nuclear arms; Views of analysts; Efforts at unilateral and global controls in the past; How the current crisis marks a dangerous escalation; Outlook.

Comments on the call by U.S. President George W. Bush for tighter export controls by leading nuclear supplier nations. Effort to curb the spread of nuclear weapons technology; Call for a ban on exports of uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing; Need for amendment of nonproliferation treaties.

Investigates the proliferation of nuclear technology by Pakistan's founder of its nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, to Iran, Libya, and North Korea. Aspects of Khan's involvement at Khan Research Laboratories; Details of Khan's activities abroad in Iran, North Korea, and Libya; Efforts of American officials to investigate the proliferation by Khan; Statements released by the government of Pakistan and possible address of the nation by president Musharraf.

Reports on the controversy over Pakistan's assertion that the founder of the country's nuclear program has secretly shared technology with several countries. Confession of scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan; Allegations on Khan's conspiracy to put the army in good light; Incrimination of the head of security of at the Khan Research Laboratories.

Reports that Mirza Aslam Beg has denied any transfer of technology out of Pakistan to Iran. Decision to take stern action against any scientists found guilty of proliferation; Assertions of Beg; Analysis of the comments of Beg.

Reports on the plans by U.S. President George W. Bush to expand high-technology cooperation with India by easing export restrictions. Effects of the proposals on safety and regulatory issues on civilian nuclear activity, civilian space programs and peaceful uses of space technology and improved conditions for trade in sensitive technologies; Pros and cons to the proposals; Implications for international relations and world politics.

Features a selection of technologies and services that are known to have been transferred to countries with ambitions of acquiring nuclear weapons.

Reports that United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in China informed their headquarters in March 1966 of payments made to Chinese officials in hopes of securing contracts. Failure of CIA headquarters to respond to reports of payments by Bansang W. Lee, a consultant who worked for Hughes Space and Communications and for Loral Space and Communications; Comments from US officials, Hughes and Loral spokesmen.

Reports the discovery by United States authorities of evidence that Chinese political contributions to the 1996 election were part of a campaign to obtain access to US high technology. Evidence of Chinese motivation that differs from the initial view of Federal investigators and a Senate investigatory committee; Basis of the view that the money was to enhance the political standing of the contributors. INSET: Big Contributor to Democrats..., by Christian Berthelsen.