The R&D Index for the holiday-shortened week ending January 4, 2019 closed at 4,130.27 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 3.42% (or 136.70 basis points) from the week ending December 28, 2018. The stock of 20 R&D Index members gained value from 0.09% (Pfizer) to 7.51% (Bayer AG). The…
R&D Market Pulse: Trump Signs Quantum Technology Act
The R&D Index for the holiday-shortened week ending December 28, 2018 closed at 3,993.57 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 4.93% (or 187.71 basis points) from the week ending December 21, 2018. The stock of 23 R&D Index members gained value from 0.10% (Daimler) to 7.30% (Amazon). The stock…
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R&D Market Pulse: J&J Takes a Hit After Asbestos Report
The R&D Index for the week ending December 14, 2018 closed at 4,159.18 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -0.78% (or -32.62 basis points) from the week ending December 7, 2018. The stock of fifteen R&D Index members gained value from 0.07% (Honda) to 3.50% (Honda). The stock of…
R&D Market Pulse: Amazon Dominates Cloud Market, But Competition on the Horizon
The R&D Index for the week ending December 7, 2018 closed at 4,191.80 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -4.57% (or 200.60 basis points) from the week ending November 30, 2018. The stock of all 25 R&D Index members lost value from -0.71% (Bristol-Myers Squibb) to -10.91% (GlaxoSmithKline). R&D…
R&D Market Pulse: Week Littered with Job Cuts
R&D Market Pulse: R&D Growing in Cloud Services Systems
The R&D Index for the holiday-shortened week ending November 23, 2018 closed at 4,065.48 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -4.09% (or -173.23 basis points) from the week ending November 16, 2018. The stock of five R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.32% (Novartis) to 2.35% (Toyota).…
R&D Market Pulse: Global Automotive R&D Kicks Into High Gear
The R&D Index for the week ending November 16, 2018 closed at 4,238.71 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -3.30% (or -144.71 basis points) from the week ending November 9, 2018. The stock of nine R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.14% (General Motors) to 1.60% (Merck…
R&D Market Pulse: Slowdown in Smartphone Sales Hits Qualcomm Hard
The R&D Index for the week ending November 9, 2018 closed at 4,376.71 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 1.95% (or 83.85 basis points) from the week ending November 2, 2018. The stock of twenty R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.25% (Honda) to 8.24% (Astra Zeneca).…
R&D Market Pulse: U.S. Wages on the Rise
The R&D Index for the week ending November 2, 2018 closed at 4,292,86 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 0.18% (or 7.58 basis points) from the week ending October 26, 2018. The stock of seventeen R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.34% (Eli Lilly Company) to 12.57%…
R&D Market Pulse: GM Calls for National Electric Vehicle Initiative
Transcript Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani GM Calls for National Electric Vehicle Initiative General Motors has proposed the establishment of a National Zero Emissions Vehicle program to be adopted across all 50 states. The company wants to see…
R&D Market Pulse: U.S. Stock Indices on Track for Worst Month in Eight Years
The R&D Index for the week ending October 26, 2018 closed at 4,285.28 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -4.03% (or -180.11 basis points) from the week ending October 19, 2018. The stock of three R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.84% (Toyota) to 4.65% (General Motors).…
R&D Market Pulse: No Brexit Deal Could Upset UK’s R&D
The R&D Index for the week ending October 19, 2018 closed at 4,465.39 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -0.89% (or -40.17 basis points) from the week ending October 12, 2018. The stock of thirteen R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.06% (Volkswagen AG) to 6.68% (GlaxoSmithKline).…
R&D Market Pulse: Volkswagen Unveils Platform for New Electric Car Line
Transcript Below Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani Volkswagen Unveils Platform for New Electric Car Line Volkswagen has unveiled MEB, its modular electric-drive toolkit,” designed to be the basic building block of future anticipated Volkswagen electric vehicles. Around the…
R&D Market Pulse: Apple Builds More In-House Expertise
The R&D Index for the week ending October 12, 2018 closed at 4,505.56 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -4.48% (or -211.24 basis points) from the week ending October 5, 2018. The stock of only one R&D Index company gained value last week—Bayer AG gained 2.93%. The stock of…
R&D Market Pulse: IBM Watson for Agriculture
Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani IBM Watson for Agriculture IBM has announced the Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture. This platform gathers data from multiple sources, such as weather, IoT enabled tractors and irrigators, satellite imagery, and more, and…
R&D Market Pulse: Autonomous Vehicle Regulations to be Rewritten
The R&D Index for the week ending October 5, 2018 closed at 4,716.80 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down 3.24% (or -157.99 basis points) from the week ending September 28, 2018. The stock of eight R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.13% (Merck & Co.) to 7.18%…
R&D Market Pulse: Japan and U.S. Planning Lunar Cities
The R&D Index for the week ending September 28, 2018 closed at 4,874.79 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 2.55% (or 121.05 basis points) from the week ending September 21, 2018. The stock of twelve R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.02% (Astra Zeneca) to 5.02% (Astra…
R&D Market Pulse: Toyota Patents a Helicopter Car
Transcript Below Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani Toyota Patents a Helicopter Car AutoGuide.com is reporting that Toyota has filed a patent application for a flying helicopter car with wheels that could double as rotary wings. In the patent,…
R&D Market Pulse: Electronics Demand Growing Beyond Capacities
The R&D Index for the week ending September 21, 2018 closed at 4,753.74 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -0.83% (or 39.55 basis points) from the week ending September 14, 2018. The stock of nineteen R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.28% (Novartis) to 10.19% (Volkswagen AG).…
R&D Market Pulse: First Government Funding Bills Sent to Trump
R&D Market Pulse: Google Works to Fight Climate Change
Transcript Below Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani Google Works to Fight Climate Change To date, more than 9,000 cities have made commitments to comply with the Paris Agreement, but less than 20% have been able to complete, submit…
Harley-Davidson to Open Electric Motorcycle R&D Center
The R&D Index for the holiday-shortened week ending September 7, 2018 closed at 4,746.50 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was down -2.83% (or -138.34 basis points) from the week ending August 31, 2018. The stock of six R&D Index companies gained value last week from 1.26% (Bristol-Myers Squibb) to 2.43%…
R&D Market Pulse: Toyota and Uber Collaborate on Autonomous Vehicle Tech
Welcome to R&D Market Pulse, a weekly report on the top spenders in research and development. I’m R&D Magazine Editor Laura Panjwani Toyota and Uber Collaborate on Autonomous Vehicle Tech Earlier this month, Toyota Motor Corporation and Uber Technologies announced that they are expanding their collaboration by integrating technology from each company into Toyota vehicles…
R&D Market Pulse: Electric Vehicles Ramping Up Global R&D
The R&D Index for the week ending August 31, 2018 closed at 4,884.84 for the 25 companies in the R&D Index. The Index was up 2.50% (or 119.35 basis points) from the week ending August 24, 2018. Fourteen R&D Index companies gained value last week from 0.10% (Astra Zeneca) to 5.31% (Apple Computer). Eleven R&D…