Monthly Archives: May 2011

Success Breeds Excess

Brazil, Chile and Colombia struggle with the downside of strong foreign investment inflows – rising currencies and inflation.

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Ending Corruption in the Middle East

The region’s business elite has close ties to its ruling elite, say speakers at a conference in Doha.

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A Brief History of Modern Banking

Or how Bankers Trust pioneered new practices that eventually destroyed it, and what that says about current banking reform efforts.

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Innovation and Climate Change: Will the Two Ever Meet?

According to one speaker at the 11th Wharton Technology Conference, what we have learned so far about innovation could best be applied to stopping global warming.

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Executing the Perfect Search in China

Baidu, China’s largest search engine, has built a formidable presence in a country that has citizens flocking online by the millions. How will the company negotiate the tricky path to future growth?

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CEO Pay: How Much Is Too Much?

CEO pay is rising quickly again after a couple of lean years. Philippe Dauman of Viacom, for instance, earned $84 million in the latest fiscal year, double the year-earlier figure. So, is the era of outsized CEO pay back?

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Big Worries for Small Finance

The gloom deepens over SKS Microfinance, India’s only publicly listed microfinance institution.

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A Better Way to Buy Books?

Three publishers plan to start a new site, Bookish.com, to sell ebooks directly to a dedicated community of readers. Will this venture have a happy ending?

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