...rule out companies in industries prone to rapid and continuous change. Though capitalism's 'creative destruction' is highly beneficial for society, it precludes investment certainty," he wrote in 2007.Despite this, Mr Buffett has invested in at least one technology...

...cutting back during the downturn.The emphasis of many government fiscal stimulus plans on infrastructure and environmentally beneficial projects could produce extra orders for trains and the signalling and infrastructure businesses.There are also long-term shifts...

...productivity from combined teams and pipeline projects, all have stressed the rapidity with which their takeovers will prove beneficial to earnings.That creates a significant pitfall. As Andrew Witty, the chief executive at GSK appointed one year ago, argues...

...designer organisms," says Pat Mooney of ETC.Synthetic biology is a quintessential "dual-use" technology - with broad and varied beneficial applications but also capable of being turned to nefarious, destructive use. The thought of terrorists assembling a superbug...

...broking. Like many other innovations in retail finance, these...the outcome can still be beneficial. The development of the swaps...curse comes in is that many innovations are double-edged. Plastic...lies in assessing risk in innovations, which by definition have...

...search advertising has inflated prices and held back innovation in the fast-changing online market."The deal would probably be beneficial for advertisers, not just in encouraging price competition but also in terms of improvements in technology and the offerings...

...measured by Euro-barometer in Britain is at the bottom or close to the bottom of those who believe that the European Union is beneficial, that that is unsustainable over the long term. Sooner or later some political party and the dynamics within a political party...

...than a half century ago. Wilson's response to a US Senate inquiry in 1955 implied that GM's near monopolistic control was beneficial to the country. It was, until the domestic motor industry fell asleep at the wheel of innovation and became more concerned...

...back of cheaper energy and food. Germany's inflation-sensitive consumers reined in spending when oil prices surged. Now, some beneficial effects appear to be feeding through. The GfK research organisation expects its German "consumer climate" index to rise this...

Financial innovation may not be flavour of the month right now, but a development that may actually yield beneficial long-term returns for investors is brewing in the research labs of academics and practitioners.A raft of academic papers from the...