industrialized nations

Japan imposed a record 40 percent tax hike on cigarettes in a bid to curb the nation's smoking rate — the highest among major industrialized nations.

Open access policies have helped other leading industrialized nations develop more competitive broadband markets by lowering entry barriers, according to a study commissioned by the U.S.

Federal Communications Commission.

The top industrialized nations are in Pittsburgh to discuss ways to head off  another financial collapse.

Unemployment in leading industrialized nations will hit a new postwar record next year, surpassing the current high, as the global economy looks set for only a timid recovery in 2010, the OECD said in a report Wednesday.

Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized nation

The Group of Eight industrialized nations are preparing for an economic recovery, acknowledging "signs of stabilization" and agreeing to find ways to unwind stimulus packages.