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iFive: Another Rig Explosion, NASA's Mine Solutions, Impossible Soccer Goals, China's Great Jam, Korean Cash

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 32

Innovation doesn't sleep, even though you do: But it might get stuck in huge Chinese traffic jamsREAD»

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How Strong Is the State in China, Really?

BY Thomas Lyon
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The strength of China's centralized government means that state policies trump any proactive environmental efforts of private enterprise. This simply mirrors China's modern history, reflecting the power of the Communist state versus the private sector and markets.READ»

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A look into how China is changing how your gadgets are made, marketed, and delivered

BY Robert Scoble
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Liam Casey runs PCH, a supply chain management company in Shenzhen, China. We visited him recently to understand how China's manufacturing capabilities are changing and also how consumer electronics are made, marketed, and delivered ...READ»

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Bear Market Is Firmly Intact

BY Marvin Clark
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose from 150 to 680 during the years 1940 to 1960. Even with huge tax burdens, investors wealth increased five-fold over 20 years. By contrast, we have just exited a lost decade, receiving no long-lasting benefit from a top tax rate of 35%, and we may be entering another difficult decadeREAD»

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Today in the Market: Bargain Hunting or Short Covering at the Close?

BY Marvin Clark
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The close today was as chaotic and confusing as the jobs report released before the opening bell. Unemployment went down as more jobs were lost. As always, there was a conflict between the household survey and payroll data.READ»

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Rise in Multiculturalism: China & Hispanic Continue Growth

BY David Capece
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For many years now, the US has been top dog on the international stage. However, that level of influence might decline as other economies experience tremendous growth. The economic impact of the recession might have changed the US’s influence in the long-term. More and more, China is moving into the purview. The ShanghaiREAD»

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CHINA BEATS UNITED STATES AS LARGEST AUTO MARKET

BY Mr Rickman
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China announces that it surpassed Germany as the top exporter worldwide as December exports jumped 17.7 percent for the first significant increase in fourteen months, official data proves another sign of China's imminent rise as a global economic powerhouse also moving into the top slot as leading auto market with Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota moving agressively...READ»

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Robotic Automation: Humans versus Machine Labor Costs

BY Mr Rickman
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The average wage for a skilled U.S. auto worker is about $30 per hour plus spiraling 6% annual healthcare and retirement costs. The average cost for robotic factory labor is .30 cents per hour only 1/50 the cost of a skilled auto worker or 1/5 that of the average Chinese warehouse worker making $3 per hour. A single robotic courier can save a hospital $600,000 over five years. READ»

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China Auto Sales Rise 72% Hit 1.2 Million Units

BY Mr Rickman
Relevancy Score: 69

Global automakers are looking to China's fast-growing market to drive sales amid slack demand elsewhere. Sales have been spurred by tax cuts and subsidies meant to help nurture China's auto industry and encourage purchases of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Beijing's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus has helped to prop up spending on cars and other big-ticket items, and lifted economic growth (GDP) in the latest quarter to 8.9% from a year earlier. China, Brazil, Australia and India are both seeing significant economic growth. READ»

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Is China the Next U.S. Renewable Energy Superhero?

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Oh, the irony. All-American oilman T. Boone Pickens scraps his plans for the world's biggest wind farm--a $10 billion project in Texas--and who comes in to pick up the pieces? China. The communist country is honing in on the Texas ...READ»

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Should Unemployed Americans Look for Work Abroad?

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 30

Fast Company takes a look at employment opportunities for expats overseas in developed and developing nations.READ»

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Burberry and the Next Big Brands to Come From the East

BY Anne C. Lee
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The plaid giant's significant expansion in Singapore signals the winning strategy for becoming a global brand: Woo Asian customers first.READ»

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China’s textile industry in need of product innovation

BY Damien Duhamel
Relevancy Score: 39

Textile is one of China’s largest industries; it contributes US$ 420 billion to the national GDP. Exports of China’s textile industry were valued at US$178 billion in 2007 and contributed US$150 billion to China’s trade ...READ»

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Mining Copper in Zambia

BY Richard Behar
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I ask Xiao Ye, an Africa statistical researcher for the World Bank, whether a clear chart or table exists laying out the full extent of China's economic involvement in Africa. "I don't know anyone who has done such a ...READ»

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Exhibition Stand supplier in China YoHo Expo

BY SOPHIE WONG
Relevancy Score: 59

As China's economy grows,more foreign companies market China by attending trade show promotions,it creats a new business feild called trade show booth contractor,YoHo Expo has beening offering booth design and construction service for ...READ»

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China Hands

BY Ming Zeng and Elizabeth C. Economy
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Is China the next economic superpower? Ming Zeng of Cheung Kong business school and Elizabeth Economy from the Council on Foreign Relations hash it out.READ»

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Fast Talk: China Rising

BY Jena McGregor
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We talked to five of the best and brightest recent Chinese MBA grads -- whose careers will be followed in a 20-year study by Katzenbach Partners -- about China's future and their own hopes and dreams.READ»

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China's Next Great Thing

BY Thomas Hout and Jim Hemerling
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Though China's factories fill our shelves, it has yet to produce truly powerful global companies or brands. That's about to change.READ»

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Numbers to Lose Sleep By

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 70

Want more evidence that we should be worrying about American competitiveness? Check out the monthly trade data for August, released this morning by the Commerce Department--and sending some analysts scurrying to revise (downward) ...READ»

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New Challenges for Japan

BY Fast Company Staff
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In a recent conversation, I had the opportunity to hear Peter Drucker discussing potential challenges faced by Japan: China, South Korea and other parts of the region are becoming increasingly competitive. For example, the ...READ»

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