As global consumers shop mobile, Apple outshines rivals
Report by Leila Abboud and Alistair Barr, PARIS/PALO ALTO, Calif | Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:33pm EST (Reuters) – Apple’s stock may be sliding as investors fret about growing competition, but store visits More...
Children of Mao’s wrath vie for power in China
By Chris Buckley (Reuters) – Forty five years before ambitious Chinese politician Bo Xilai fell from power accused of flirting with Cultural Revolution extremism, he stood as a teenager in front of a baying More...
Bankers need to follow the money into China
By Wei Gu - China’s mainland is the new battle ground for global banks. Goldman’s new vice chairman Mark Schwartz is set to be based in Beijing, and others will follow. Mainland exchanges account for the majority More...
India must emphasize excellence to reverse slide
“Indians are slipping badly in crucial fields like science and mathematics. This is the result of pandering to weakness instead of encouraging excellence. India needs achievers as leaders and role models, More...
China promotes micro-blogging via real name registration
Beijing (China) – Chinese government has decided to promote the use of micro-blogs via expansion of real-name registration for users in its latest initiative to better control wildly popular Twitter-like websites, More...
Apple halts retail sale of iPhone in China
BEIJING – Apple has halted retail sales of its iPhones in China after unruly crowds disrupted the launch of the latest model at a flagship store here. The Apple store in an upscale shopping mall in the Sanlitun More...
Global Tumult Enters Critical Central Asia
Column by Stephen Schwartz - December 2011 marked two momentous anniversaries. The suicide by burning of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, occurred on December 17, 2010, one year ago. The dissolution More...
Laughter lines on canvas
Today not many Indian artists can laugh at themselves. And, not many aspire to achieve a sense of humour in their work. Yet, there are a few who voluntarily poke fun through their strokes. Noted artist Atul Dodiya More...
