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S&P/BusinessWeek Global Innovation Index

Past 90 Days

Index Data Source: S&P

 

Insights on the Innovation Champions

NY AG Cuomo Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the computer chip manufacturing giant Intel

Nintendo's Game Designer Unfazed by Profit Drop

On tour to promote New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Shigeru Miyamoto expresses patience with the recession but wishes rivals would innovate more and copy less

Microsoft Gives MSN an Overdue Face-lift

Heartened by the reception for new search engine Bing, Microsoft has simplified MSN's home page to play up search with the detail of a local paper

Nokia's Plans for Symbian versus Maemo

Symbian software still powers half of all smartphones, but Nokia's new Maemo could steal some of its share. Nokia's plan: use them both

BlackBerry's Big Advantage over Apple iPhone

They use up much less wireless network capacity to complete the same tasks. That could prove to be an increasingly important advantage in the coming months

Toyota quits Formula One

At a hastily arranged press conference this evening in Tokyo, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda announced that the carmaker is the latest big player to quit Formula One motorsport

Hobbled by Windows Mobile

Taiwan's HTC is making a splash with its Android handsets, but ties with Microsoft are a drag on profits

A Big Leap for Google Android and Motorola

Google's Android 2.0 is much improved, and Motorola's Droid handset is a contender

Automated Innovation Returns

Jaap Suermondt, who directs the Business Optimization Lab at Hewlett-Packard, is repurposing software-driven innovation to improve the supply chain, not create new products

 

Leaders of Innovation

Transforming the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks with Seattle bureau chief Jay Greene about the recession and his priorities

 

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