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No Rest for Asia's Hot Growth Heroes
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ASIA HOT GROWTH
Interactive Table: Asia's Hot Growth Companies: 2007 Here are the pace-setters from around the region, including a No. 1 company that's profiting from Chinese demand for Japanese noodles
CORPORATE PROFILE
Slurping Up Profits at Ajisen The ramen restaurant chain is winning devoted fans—and earning millions—by opening up noodle shops across mainland China
CORPORATE PROFILE
Pumping Up the Profits in India Making pumps is an unfashionable business, but it has paid off for Kirloskar Brothers, No. 18 in BusinessWeek's ranking of Asia's Hot Growth Companies
CORPORATE PROFILE
Raffles' Designs for Asian Education An aggressive acquisition strategy and a generous dividend policy have helped the company become a darling of the Singapore bourse
CORPORATE PROFILE
Healthy Food, Healthy Profits Celestial NutriFoods of Daqing brings protein powder and other soy products to millions of Chinese consumers. Now its founder has set his sights on biofuel
CORPORATE PROFILE
Taewoong Gets a Heavy Metal Boost Thanks to growth in China and sky-high oil prices, the Korean parts maker is winning big contracts and expecting more
AUTOS
This Race May Be Tata's to Lose Will the Indian auto giant manage to take Jaguar and Land Rover off Ford's hands?
POLITICS
India's Communists and the Nuclear Deal On Nov. 16, India's ruling coalition will decide whether to go ahead with negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency on an agreement for safeguards
SPECIAL REPORT
Good Times for Asia's Young Entrepreneurs Thanks to an improved business climate and a wave of funding from U.S. venture capitalists, the region's entrepreneurs are finding success right at home
SPECIAL REPORT
Asia's Young Entrepreneurs Vote for your favorite among the top two dozen young entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region, where the local creativity is impressing venture capitalists and multinationals alike
WHAT ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO KNOW
Confessions of an Angel Investor This week's Web roundup: What one angel investor really wants from entrepreneurs, why deal-worthy Net startups face litigation risk, and more
GEOPOLITICS
Aussies Vote, Boom Continues John Howard's conservatives may lose to Labor Nov. 24, but it won't be due to the economy, which is riding high on commodities and China trade
THE NET
Facebook in China? Not So Fast There's much speculation that the social networking site will follow MySpace to the mainland, most likely through an acquisition, but Facebook denies the latest rumors
TELECOMMUNICATION
• From Telecom Asia
Apple Talks Lift Chinese Telcos The shares of mobile service companies China Mobile and China Unicom rise on news of talks to bring the iPhone to the mainland
INVESTING
Why Warren Buffett's Keen on Korea "Attractively priced" stocks, healthy debt ratios, plus solid manufacturing prowess position Korea to profit from growth in China and the Mideast
FACE TIME
Sir Howard Stringer On Recharging Sony The ex-CBS boss talks about leading a Japanese company, coping with exploding batteries, and PlayStation 3
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MANAGING
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Over the coming weeks we'll be adding to these features to make businessweek.com/managing your competitive edge in the game of business. BLOGNew Technology Asia >> 
After more than a year of awful PR, it must be a big relief to Jerry Yang to start winning some praise for how Yahoo handles its China problem. Yahoo has settled with the families of the Chinese dissidents who sued the company for providing the government with information that landed them in jail. Yahoo now pledges to do its best to get those prisoners released. But Jerry Yang is not in charge of Yahoo China. Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, is.
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Japan's Hot Cars | |
Japanese Automakers Show Their MojoNissan's GT-R speedster is unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show as local carmakers roll out performance models to liven up a lackluster imagePrime Time for Japan's AutomakersThe Tokyo Motor Show is a chance for Toyota, Honda, and others to strut their stuff. But there's no escaping slumping demand in JapanWhile Nissan is Mimicking MySpaceThe Japanese carmaker is rolling out a social networking site, called N-Square, designed to bypass bureaucracy by boosting informal contactsSuzuki's Surge Against the GiantsHere, Kid, Take the WheelHigh Tech Lexus |
