Show Interest in Energy Spurs RD Spending A healthier economy is is' prompting business to increase its spending on research and development 10 per cent to billion in 1976 according according according accord accord- ing to a survey conducted bythe bythe by bythe the Economics Department of McGraw-Hill McGraw Publications Co This year will see the first growth in RD since the mid- mid according to to Douglas Greenwald chief economist for forthe forthe forthe the company Attempts to develop new sources of energy and make them widely available account for a large array of RD activities according to Mr Greenwald He added US business expects to spend 3 billion on related energy-related RD this year 12 per cent more than in 1975 while planned expenditures for 1977 total 41 billion for fora a large 39 per cent jump from 1976 to 1979 |