Topic: Kuala Lumpur

Back in the U.S.S.A

I'm happy to report that I arrived safely back in the states yesterday (Tuesday) after a two day bus/van trip from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur and a 20+ hour flight. For now, I've got to focus on filling out one heck of complicated ...READ»

Shifting Routes In The Airline Industry

At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»

The Gunn Report's Most Decorated Ads Include Interactive for the First Time

The 2009 Gunn Report tallies ad awards from around the world, and presents the ones that have won the most.READ»

Arthur's Day: The 250th Birthday of Guinness Beer

Thanks to Richard Branson, one lucky fellow will tap the malty brew's semiquincentennial with a Virgin Galactic flight and a zero-gravity pint. (We're buying everyone a round if the winner says, "One two-step pour for man, one foamy ...READ»

Building Offices

Last night, the first episode of the new PBS series Innovation: Life, Inspired focused on "Building to Extremes," or the global race to develop the world's tallest building. Narrated by the nearly passionless Billy Crudup, the ...READ»

Al Jazeera's (Global) Mission

Can an English-language news network with radioactive DNA actually be good for Brand America? U.S. business better hope so.READ»

Airport of Tomorrow

In Germany, engineering giant Siemens tests features designed to make air travel less awful.READ»

Poetic Justice

On the sensual minimalism and psychedelic mind of Karim RashidREAD»

Rise of the Aerotropolis

As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They look monstrous to American eyes--and that could be a problem. READ»

7 Compact Hotels Big on Style

Hotels around the world are enticing guests by pairing high design with low prices, trimming costs by shrinking square footage and inclusive frills like room service and toiletries. Here are seven examples: Pod Hotel, ...READ»

Now September 2009

September MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN   01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 1 ...READ»

• Numerology: National Honey Month
• Hobnob: Clinton Global Initiative

Fast 50 2008: Air Asia

What can you buy with a quarter? Maybe a few drops of gas or a Jolly Rancher -- unless you're a former music exec named Tony Fernandes. Seven years ago, Fernandes paid 25 cents for a near-defunct carrier with two creaky planes and ...READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google

Embracing the Hard Part of the Job

In an extended interview, 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick offers additional insights from her experiences.READ»

China Surpasses U.S. as Leader in Sub-Sahara

That the West is losing the sub-Sahara does not come as news in Africa itself. One leader after another has been explicit on this point, from Senegal's president ("Today, it is very clear that Europe is close to losing the ...READ»

The Way to Enough

Norsk Hydro's work-life experiments test a radical idea: A company can compete on the basis of balance. The company's central thesis: The race goes not to the swiftest but to the most sustainable.READ»

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies