Asia & Pacific

Magazine articles on conducting business in Asia and Pacific countries.

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BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Frederik Balfour	Bolstering China's Banks Beijing seems serious about bank reform, and bad-loan burdens are easing. China is racing to upgrade its banking system in advance of a 2007 WTO deadline for fully opening the sector to foreign competition.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Peter Coy	Just How Cheap is Chinese Labor? Reliable data don't exist, but the U.S. government is doing some sleuthing and so far estimates Chinese factory costs at $0.64 an hour.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Ian Rowley	Japan's Phones Are The Coolest -- And Have The Skimpiest Profits With their home market saturated, Japan's handset makers finally look abroad. Meanwhile, margins have plunged.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bruce Einhorn	Go East, Big Pharma Drugmakers are expanding in China, but patents are still a worry.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004	Easing The Dollar Dilemma If policymakers want to avoid a dollar crisis in 2005, they should attend to the one link in the currency market chain that is the weakest. And that is the dollar-yuan peg.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Tim Beyers	A Yum! Feast for the Chinese Tacos, pizza, and the colonel's secret recipe tantalize taste buds in China. The fast-food conglomerate reported that its earnings per share before special items would be up 14% this year, and 10% in 2005.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Ben McClure	Motorola Slips Samsung steps around Motorola in the mobile phone market, pushing the company out of the No. 2 slot. But does the market shift really matter?
InternetNews December 1, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Fights to Keep China Business Microsoft is fighting to hold onto a multi-million dollar deal with the municipal government of Beijing.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Nokia's Passage to India The Finnish telecom giant puts down roots in India and gives investors just a little bit more to feel hopeful about.
Fast Company December 2004 Alan Deutschman	Offshoring Creativity As new funding fuels innovation, Silicon Valley venture capital insiders see India and China ultimately eclipsing America as technology markets -- with local companies dominating.
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