Tech Leaders Air Concerns About Future; Companies' Officials Say the United States Is Falling Behind in Areas of Development

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › March 13, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of high-tech companies said Tuesday the United States risks losing its competitive edge without significant new investments in education, research and development and the spread of broadband technology.

"The world is changing a little bit and frankly, there is a significant amount of concern that if we don't make some adjustments, follow the right public policies, do some things that are important, we could find ourselves very quickly losing the advantage we've had for so long," Rick White, president and chief executive of high-tech lobby TechNet, said at a news conference.

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Tech Leaders Air Concerns About Future; Companies' Officials Say the United States Is Falling Behind in Areas of Development

The Palo Alto, Calif., group represents about 200 high-tech leaders, including Mi...

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