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Information Today July 26, 2004 Richard Poynder	British Politicians Call on U.K. Government to Support Open Access Following 7 months of deliberation, the U.K. House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee has concluded that the current model for scientific publishing is unsatisfactory.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Fairlamb, Reinhardt & Cohn	Is Europe Suffering From Productivity Paralysis? Why can't Europe be more productive? That's a question investors, executives, and politicians are asking with increasing urgency.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Ewing & Lowry	Napster and Bertelsmann: It Seemed Like A Good Idea... A bad deal is still giving the German media conglomerate BMG nightmares.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Gail Edmondson	A New Driver For Mercedes-Benz? Insiders say the front-runner to succeed Mercedes-Benz boss Jurgen Hubbert is Eckhard Cordes, the head of Daimler's commercial-vehicle unit, which ranks No. 1 worldwide.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004	"There's One Target: Profitability" From his office in Stuttgart, DaimlerChrysler board member Eckhard Cordes recently spoke with BusinessWeek's senior correspondent. Here are edited excerpts from their conversation.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004	A New Blow To Investors In Russia Russian oil company Yukos is about to be financially destroyed
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Jane Black	Worlds Away From Bangers And Mash It's a far cry from your typical English Sunday lunch. But that's why almost 450,000 visitors came to Ludlow last year. Food, at long last, has become a British tourist attraction.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2004 Brian Gorman	Bayer Reshuffles Business Bayer, one of Germany's most venerable industrial names, is revamping its house. Seemingly in one fell swoop, the company is spinning off its Lanxess chemicals and polymers unit and buying Roche's over-the-counter-drugs business.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Rich Duprey	Parmalat Is Worth a Lot Like a turkey being carved up for Thanksgiving dinner, the assets of the giant Italian food and beverage conglomerate Parmalat Finanziaria are being sold off piece by piece, wing by thigh.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames	Optoelectronics Success on the Battlefield Drives Defense Spending Analysts claim a rise in market demand for optoelectronics. Part of that growth will come from greater defense spending by European countries such as France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as they strive to close the "technology gap" with the United States.
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