From acupuncture and acupressure to homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, massage therapy, botanicals, and herbal teas and supplements - Western consumers have indicated their desire for less intrusive, more preventive, wellness-focused, and systemic approaches to health care. The paper depicts that to address the innovation and IP protection deficits, the Chinese government...
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has asked Condoleeza Rice to intervene and help free Chinese dissidents who were jailed for using the Internet to share information about life in China after Yahoo provided the Chinese government with evidence from their Yahoo accounts. It is an about-face for Yahoo, which first justified...
Prudent Speculations submits: I have talked a little bit over the last several weeks about my thoughts on speculation in the oil market and the very real supply & demand imbalance that exists. While it is clear that oil consumption in the U.S. is beginning to slow, the main driver...
To address the banking system's non-performing loan NPL problem, the Chinese government set up four asset management corporations AMCs. They were to buy up bad debts of the big four state-owned commercial banks and dispose of them over 10 years, taking a large step towards NPL resolution. But in their...
Tom Malthus submits: Sitting here in Hong Kong, I know few people who aren’t transferring money into China to take advantage of the appreciating RMB and attractive domestic rates. In fact, a study conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimates there is around USD1.75trn of such money...
In last few years, China's economy has started to develop information and communications industries that are broadly defined as components of the New Economy. Acknowledging that the IT revolution presents China a good opportunity to propel itself into the New Economy, the Chinese government has implemented a series of proactive...
Amid all the recalls of Chinese-manufactured products -- from pet food to toys to seafood to tires -- companies are starting to ask the question: does a "Made in China" label equal brand suicide? Considering that 60 percent of all products recalled in the US this year were from China,...
Paul Michelman used the Harvard Business Review Conversation Starters blog Friday to highlight a piece of news that was easy to miss amid all the howls of pain emanating from Wall Street: China's trade surplus "soared to its second-highest monthly level on record in July," WSJ.com reports. Given analysts...
China has two key attractions: a huge population that is gradually becoming more affluent as economic regeneration and urbanization reshape the region; and a strong biopharmaceuticals sector. However, any foreign pharmaceutical company investing there faces considerable risks. The Chinese government has been slow to enforce the international rules on intellectual...
The New York Times, of all places, gives a shout-out to the "value of PR" in a business section story today about how Tibet supporters leveraged the upcoming Beijing Olympics to shine a spotlight on China's treatment of Tibet: "The protesters quickly established a communications plan, focused their message...
JetBlue Airways said today that it replaced its CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman, the company's founder, had been at the helm since 1998 and will assume the role of the company's non-executive chairman. The company said they planned for the change for some time. Last Valentine's Day, JetBlue had several...
FP Trading Desk submits: Teck Cominco Ltd. TCK and other western world producers of zinc and copper can take comfort in the latest metals trade data out of China, according to Desjardins analyst John Hughes. On Monday, the Chinese government said that the country imported net refined zinc of...
Wal-Mart is considering spinning off its Sam's Club operations in an attempt to boost its lagging share price. Wal-Mart said it was part of several options that the mega-retailer outlined in its secret plan dubbed "Project Red" that aims to rejuvenate the company. Wal-Mart also said that it sued its...
FP Trading Desk submits: China's latest metals trade data remains positive for Teck Cominco Ltd. TCK and other western world producers of zinc and copper, says Desjardins analyst John Hughes, reiterating his "buy" recommendation and C$62.10 price target for Teck shares. ...
The Idea in Brief What multinational doesn't want a piece of the action in China--with 1.3 billion potential customers, 9.3% percent annual economic growth, and a per capita income that quadruples yearly? Carried away by...
I'm listening to Mitt Romney's Super Tuesday speech, and he's raising the specter of economic disaster in America. Our economy, he says, is in a "long-term slide as we're competing with Asia in particular…we can't continue to allow our economy to be weakened." Romney thus is part...
Matt Gaffney submits: Sinoenergy (SNEN.OB) is a China based 'downstream' player in the CNG market. In layman's terms, this company makes compressed natural gas containers, delivery vehicles, conversion kits and builds and operates CNG filling stations. Last quarter, the company reported quintessential China-like results such as year over year revenue...
An Australian company has secured a pivotal deal that will turn China's plastic bags green just in time for the Olympics next month.Melbourne-based manufacturer Biograde will supply 5.5 million biodegradable bags - made from starch-based plastics - to the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee BOCOG.Alan Morrell, Austrade's senior trade commissioner...
The largest buyout deal in telecommunications history was agreed upon last night when Alltel accepted a $27.5 acquisition offer from a consortium of private equity firms, including the Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs' private equity branch. Alltel chief executive Scott Ford said the buyout "delivers substantial and...
