A Look at the Middle East and North Africa The MENA region covers 22 countries and roughly 381 million people—about six percent of the total world population. It also accounts for 60 percent of the world’s oil reserves and 45 percent of the world’s natural gas reserves. There is not a standard list of countries included in the MENA region, but generally the term includes the following: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the UAE, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. Ethiopia and Sudan are sometimes included. Saudi Arabia...

Not every 3D-related display at the 2013 International CES® involved a TV panel and movies like Avatar. More than a half dozen exhibitors showed 3D printers or 3D printing-related products and services in Las Vegas. 3D printing entails creating a solid object by laying down successive layers of materials. If one can imagine an inkjet printer getting stuck generating a particular letter, with that letter being produced over and over again on the same space, eventually the ink would build up into a three-dimensional form. Essentially that is what happens in 3D printing, except that instead of ink, polymers...

Our best hope for a strong economy, lower deficit and reasonable taxes is ensuring we are the world’s innovators. Politicians from both parties agree that innovation should be our national strategy. They often disagree on the means. Democrats think the government must do more like fund research, provide better education, subsidize targeted innovation and provide tax incentives to innovate. Republicans, on the other hand, focus on predictable and lower overall taxes, free trade and less bureaucracy.   But innovation is who America is and there are emerging areas of agreement. For example, political leaders agree that we should encourage the...

The digital imaging category was highlighted across the International CES show floor scattered across TechZones and exhibitors booths. Here are some of the ways digital imaging was displayed at the show including sessions, product announcements and contests. PMA@CES Returns Back for its second year, PMA@CES made a splash in The LVH (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) as the place for the most-concentrated exhibits of digital imaging/photography products and services. Beyond the innovative digital imaging technologies on display across this TechZone, two conference tracks covered retail strategy and technology trends, providing a crystal clear picture of future opportunities for digital...