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Inside: This Week In Asia
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NEWS & FEATURES
Toyota Leads in Customer Loyalty Toyota and its Lexus luxury division finished first and second in J.D. Power's annual customer retention study
INDIA
Suzuki Announces Latest India Cars The Japanese carmaker isn't going to give up its 50% market share in India without a fight. Here's how it plans to hold on
ECONOMICS & POLICY
Henry Paulson's Holiday Wish List The U.S. Treasury Secretary will be asking Beijing for faster appreciation of the yuan and reforms that will let foreigners in on China's investment banking boom
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
On the Ground in Guangzhou Wander through this city and you'll be overwhelmed by the scope and scale of its gritty capitalism. No niche, no matter how tiny, has been overlooked
RETAILING
Chinese Consumers Like Safety, Too It's a fine time for multinationals to deepen their stakes in China, as faith in the quality of foreign products has never been higher
PRODUCT REVIEW
Samsung LCD: Deep Colors at a Discount Samsung's HD TV has some drawbacks, but the high-quality sound and video from this big-screen set—not to mention the price cuts—make it a nice choice
JAPAN
Sony's Stringer Talks In a Dec. 11 meeting with reporters, Sony Chairman Howard Stringer shared his thoughts about everything from organic light-emitting diode TVs to his future at Sony
CORPORATE STRATEGY
Stringer: Sony Won't Go It Alone Sony's chairman hints he'll let other content providers and gadget makers piggyback on the PlayStation Network if they use Sony's DRM technology
TECHNOLOGY
Asia's U.S. Wireless Foray Asia's wireless operators are looking to the U.S. market. Their experience in mobile data services could pay off stateside
INFO TECH
• From ZDNet Asia
Identity Theft Still Asia's Top Concern The fourth edition of the Unisys Security Index revealed that 83% of respondents are anxious about identity theft
TELECOM
• From ZDNet Asia
Singapore Opens Broadband Tender The government is asking for bids to design, build, and operate the infrastructure layer of the country's next-generation national broadband network
TELECOM
• From Telecom Asia
Japan Moves to End Handset Subsidies The government is promoting the separation of handset and service charges as part of its new mobile business revitalization plan
SECURITY
• From ZDNet Asia
Hackers Likely to Target Chinese Users in 2008 Security company Arbor Networks declared the iPhone to be a big target of mainland cybercriminals next year
POLITICS
India's Pivotal Election The BJP's Hindu nationalist and pro-business policies face a test in the western state of Gujarat, where Narendra Modi is up for reelection as chief minister
FINANCE
• From ZDNet Asia
Investors in Start-Ups Look to China The mainland is trying to keep entrepreneurs at home with a number of initiatives, including the development of a Nasdaq-like stock market for younger companies
FINANCE
• From China Economic Review
Judgment Day for China's Ratings Agencies Could Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch Ratings finally get permission to rate domestic corporate bonds?
FINANCE
• From China Economic Review
Commercial Paper Shakes up Chinese Debt Market There are concerns that too much high-yield paper has been issued and that if several issuers don't pay their debts, the market could go into a freefall
TRADE
• From Spiegel Online
Xmas Tree Prices Soar on Chinese Demand The German timber industry says rising export demand and the biofuel boom's effect on cropland are pushing up Christmas tree prices
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In a new initiative aimed at emerging markets, IBM will invest an extra $1.6 billion between now and 2010. This isn't about the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) though, where IBM revenues have grown at more than 20% per year over the past three years. Some of the money will go there, but most will go to more extreme emerging markets.
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