EIU Country Analysis

INTELLIGENCE UNIT Overview Cardinal Health, a leading drug distributor and provider...Robert Walter in Columbus, Ohio, as Cardinal Foods, a foods distribution business. In ####...potential for growth. Cardinal Distribution, as the company was renamed, went...the next ten years acquired a number of drug distributors across

Belgium, and Belgian business is a ready adopter of information technology...the European Commission, Belgium has a sound platform for developing e...could be one reason. In a report published in March ####...keeping public-sector information (such as weather data and traffic information

The prospects for using genes as a therapy may be improving FOR...has been the basis of a genetic revolution that offers the...have received gene therapy for a variety of conditions, only a few have shown any clinical...was news this week of a successful attempt to correct a faulty gene that leads to

INTELLIGENCE UNIT Profile articles provide a concise overview of an industry...overview of an industry in a particular country. They are designed...domestic demand, South Korea is a net exporter of vehicles; in...South Korean automotive exports with a share of around ##% in

in information technology (IT), with a highly developed computer and Internet...Internet infrastructure. US companies have a dominant global role in manufacturing...all sorts of ways, such as to obtain information, make purchases...####. E-commerce facilitators such as Amazon.com (online retailer), eBay

FROM THE ECONOMIST Nearly a third of Hong Kong#;s...via the internet, according to a new report from Telecommunications Management...report from Telecommunications Management Group, a consultancy. Internet protocol television (IPTV...also offers subscribers services such as on-demand video. Europe accounts

THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Overview As the world#;s largest gas...world#;s reserves, Gazprom holds a pivotal position in the Russian...supply contracts in place with a string of European customers, some...and ####s when it functioned as a commercial arm of the Soviet

Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica) is a federal state and a parliamentary democracy with strong direct...so that it can pass a referendum has led to a consensus-oriented political process. From...for the first time, reflecting a strengthening of the SVP to...Democratic Party (CVP) is elected as minister for economic affairs to

in Vietnam is still at a modest level, though it is...infrastructure is expanding rapidly from a small base. At end-####...#m Internet users, out of a population of ##.#m, for...population of ##.#m, for a penetration rate of ##.#

Switzerland is a small economy located at the...of Europe, and although not a member, it has close economic...exports of goods and services as a share of GDP is one...has in the past shown a low dynamism and poor productivity

THE ECONOMIST Michael Dell pioneered a new business model at the...round, the stakes are twice as high, particularly in the unforgiving...they founded can either polish a gilded reputation, as Steve Jobs did after taking...sold to Microsoft less than a year after taking over. So

DOMESTIC POLITICS: Rising tensions following a crushing defeat in a referendum on reform measures resulted...the SZDSZ, who was viewed as the architect of controversial reforms...reforms in the healthcare sector. As a result the MSZP now governs...the MSZP now governs with a parliamentary minority of ### out

Automobile Manufacturers Association. There was a modest recovery in ####-##...#% year on year. Despite a weakening in consumer sentiment since...Demand will be supported by a number of factors. Foremost among...to more than ##% of a population of just fewer than

genetic information LOUISE SLAUGHTER is a woman ahead of her time...Representatives, which last year passed a similar bill by a vote of ### to three...which Senator Edward Kennedy hails as "the first civil-rights bill...of technology: "The bill was a little early a few years ago, but genetic

from AIDS every year and as many get infected with HIV...the science is thoroughly understood, as are the most effectivepublic-health...suffered most is controversial, however, as that means talking frankly about...to dispel some myths, such as the claim that poverty somehow

of science fair can be a little bit stuffy. Precocious youngsters...bit stuffy. Precocious youngsters with a taste for laboratory notebooks spend...you open the doors to a wider audience and add a bit of fun? Such an...look like the Maker Faire, a two-day festival which opens

the war against methamphetamines--at a certain price A FEW years ago Pierce county...was in the grip of a methamphetamine epidemic. Toothless addicts roamed...that was not nailed down, as well as a few things (such as a garage) that were. The child...that were. The child of a meth cook fell into a bucket of chemicals and was

A former neo-fascist will be...of Rome TWO years ago, a television presenter insisted that Gianni...presenter insisted that Gianni Alemanno, a politician, unbutton his shirt. Underneath...his shirt. Underneath, hanging from a chain, was a Celtic cross. An irritated Mr

Nearly a third of Hong Kong#;s...via the internet, according to a new report from Telecommunications Management...report from Telec