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B

B2B online travel agents, 133

B-shares, 217

Bailyn, Lotte, 96-97

Ballinger, Jeff, 51

Banks and banking regulations

Basel 2 and, 181-183

in China

deregulation, 244-246

nonperforming loans, 239-244

reform, 238-246

state-owned enterprises and, 218-219, 238-239

in Europe, 171, 181-183

in Germany, 182-183

nonperforming loans (NPLs), 218, 239-244

in Spain, 190

Barabba, Vince, 161-164

Basel 2, 181-183

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, 181

BAWe, 179-180

Bayerische Landesbank, 183

BBVA (Spanish bank), 190, 192, 198

Bernabe, Franco, 196

"Big Bang" law (1986), 173-174

Bioinformatics, 267

Biological computing, 267

Biotechnology. See also Life sciences technology

data generated by, 267

DNA microarray techniques, 263

genomic sequences, quest for, 263

genotyping, 267

mapping human genome, 263

Black, Fisher, 2

Block shareholding, 190

Blue Ribbon Sports (BLS), 44, 46

Board insulation takeover defense, 197

Boards of directors

block shareholding and, 190

in China, 223-224

composition of, 36

in Europe, 189-194

in France, 189-190

in Germany, 190

independent, 223-224

investors and, 170

in Italy, 190

management and, 35-36

relevancy of, 190-191

responsibilities of, 35-36

in Spain, 190

in United Kingdom, 191-192

Boeing, 81-83

Boersch-Supan, Axel, 202

Boland, Beth, 96

Bowerman, Bill, 44

Brain cancer treatment, 272

Brazil, age for employment and, 72

Breuer, Rolf, 6, 167, 170, 251-252

British Petroleum, 107

Brooks, Rodney, 290

Brown, Robert, 9-10, 12, 287

Bubble-like nature of current resource practice, 118

Buck Weaver Prize, 5, 126

Buecher.de (German company), 177

Bundling of technology, 216

Business community. See also specific companies

Age of Reform and, new, 27-28

boundary between "click" and "brick" and, 140

ethics, 168

globalization and, 19-21

public confidence in, 27

regulation of, 168-169

technology and, 281-282

waste in, 168