In the 1997 film Seven Years in Tibet, the character of Austrian mountaineer Peter Aufschnaiter escapes an Indian POW camp and declares that he is heading for China to find work.
Can Hollywood Afford to Make Films China Doesn’t Like?
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Is India’s E-Waste Problem Spiraling Out of Control?
The high-pitched, nasal call of the neighborhood scrap collector is a familiar weekend sound in most Indian neighborhoods.
Affordable Hedge Funds
One of the best ways to make money and reduce risk in today’s choppy market is through a classic hedge fund: one that bets on some stocks to go up and others to go down. Since January 2000, when the Dow peaked, hedge funds have risen 13% on average, while the typical stock has fallen 20%, reports Hennessee Group, a hedge-fund tracker
Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job
Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one
Why Foreign Automakers Are Launching China-Only Designs
For a short time at the launch of GM’s new Baojun 630 sedan at the Shanghai Auto Show this week, the car was the side attraction. On a stage behind the car, two male models dressed in black performed a strange routine in which they drew car parts with their fingers in the air and then tossed the phantom pieces to one another
Hyundai Grows Up
Chung Mong Koo, Chairman of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor, carefully scrutinizes a newly designed gearshift lever for the automaker’s Sonata sedan while his entire senior-management team hovers around, anxiously awaiting his approval. The execs are justifiably edgy
Ikea CEO Anders Dahlvig on Surviving a Bad Economy
Anders Dahlvig recently hit the 10-year mark as CEO of Ikea.
Toy Story 3: Dolly Dramas
Like cool girls in a middle-school popularity contest, the hippest dolls in the toy store are bickering over clothes, makeup and market share. MGA Entertainment, maker of the trendy Bratz dolls, says its product ideas have been borrowed by its archrival, Mattel, for My Scene Barbies.
A Month After the Earthquake, the Crisis Continues and the Questions Mount
Katsumi Yamauchi’s strawberries didn’t look radioactive. Nor did his tomatoes, or the waxy-skinned turnips nearby, or any of the fresh fruit and vegetables that customers perused on a busy sidewalk in central Tokyo last week
London’s Brawn Diner
Brawn may be its name, but it’s not just aficionados of the classic pig’s-head terrine who are hotfooting it to this diner in London’s hip Bethnal Green. It’s everyone who appreciates what’s au courant on the London culinary scene: plates for sharing, the revived art of charcuterie and biodynamic wines