Brussels, 23/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - Although the rates of growth in private investment in Research and Development (R&D) only increased by 0.7% in 2005, European companies are prepared to increase their level of investment by 5% over the next three years. This was revealed in a survey carried out in 400 companies from ten major industrial sectors which has just been published by the European Commission. “If we are to reach our objective of investing 3% of GDP in research and...