They will consider expanding cooperative efforts in theater missile defense technology and exercises, study ways of sharing data obtained through early warning systems, discuss theater missile defense architecture concepts, and seek opportunities for joint research and development in theater missile defense.

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The study, due in May, is being conducted by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and is funded by Genentech (nyse: DNA - news - people ).

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For 20 years, Professor Karen Walch at Thunderbird School of Global Management has conducted an ongoing negotiation study among her global students, asking them to answer questions regarding how cooperative and trusting they are personally, and how they feel about their counterparts.

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