Topic: Malaysia

Suppliers Set Out to Grade Products with Sustainability Scorecards

Procter & Gamble and Kaiser Permanente set out to grade their suppliers' environmental practices with sustainability scorecards.READ»

Globalization: Bridging Across Cultures or Developing a Global Culture?

Why there is, as yet, no global business culture--and whether there will ever be.READ»

Cambodia Spurs Development With Second Tallest Building in Asia

At least that's what the country hopes to do.READ»

Hackers Jailbreak PlayStation 3 to Play Pirated and Homemade Games

The last game console to be hacked has finally succumbed--to a dongle.READ»

Facebook-MOL Partnership Brings Virtual Credits to Real Stores

Facebook is partnering with MOL Global to deliver a new way to buy Facebook credits--in person at a MOL-connected store. It's a strange real world/virtual world crossover, and definitely a sign of the way future digital finances will ...READ»

Upcycling Gives Excess Clothing Fabric a Second Chance

Looptworks stitches together an upcycled business model for outdoor apparel.READ»

• Closing the Loop

Russia Hires Cisco to Build a Silicon Forest, Easier Said Than Done

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley yesterday, and while it’s fun to imagine Steve Jobs giving him the five-cent tour of One Infinite Loop or Ev Williams and Biz Stone teaching him how ...READ»

Not Invented Here: Social Games and Asia

Moving from Seoul to Singapore takes the geeks to a small market that's quite evolved, and to the most comprehensive Asian tech conference yet, Echelon 2010. Here, I learn that one of the largest web markets, social games, is already ...READ»

Is Facebook Becoming the Whole World's Social Network?

Facebook's growth, which we already know is massive, is truly a global phenomenon, it turns out. And nations with the fastest membership growth rate are in South America, and Asia. Is Facebook becoming the global phone book?The data's ...READ»

Interactyx Limited Partners with OPI to Enhance Corporate eLearning Solution Offering

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce a strategic business relationship with Outsourced Partners International (OPI). The relationship will allow the clients of OPI and Interactyx Limited to become exposed to and more easily access each company’s respective world class products and services. OPI is a global provider of high-end, complex finance and accounting outsourcing, analytics services, and consulting and advisory services. Interactyx Limited is the award winning developer of TOPYX®, affordable social eLearning software as a service (SaaS) solution with integrated social learning, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality fulfilling the changing eLearning, training and collaboration needs for businesses of all sizes.READ»

Spider in the Sky: Ryohei Koike and Jarod Poenisch's Web-Tastic Skyscraper Proposal

Their concrete-and-carbon Nested Skyscraper is no place for arachnophobes.READ»

Getting the Ideal Overseas Careers

Overseas career current market has witnessed overwhelming growth over the last two decades. A major share of national revenue for a number of growing places is a direct contribution of international jobs especially highest paying ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Company Index

Sponsored by The Top 50 AEG Los Angeles, CA Affymetrix Santa Clara, ...READ»

Packing machine

Untitled DocumentPacking machine: What does packing machine do ? of course it's packing packages, Ruian Tengda Packing Machinery Co.,Ltd. Is Specialized Packing Machine, The Company Is Founded in 1997, and gets together 12 ...READ»

Robotic Automation: Humans versus Machine Labor Costs

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»

Village Green, Microsoft partner on carbon tool

Village Green expects the industry to create 68,000 jobs for environmental auditors who work with the public sector.READ»

Village Green, Microsoft partner on carbon tool

Village Green expects the industry to create 68,000 jobs for environmental auditors who work with the public sector.READ»

Holidays to Koh Samui

Holidays to Koh SamuiSituated at just an hour’s flight from Bangkok, off the east coast of Thailand, lies the lovely island of Koh Samui. Though not as interesting as few of the other Thai tourist spots, it is an excellent ...READ»

Leader in Corporate Sustainability Arena Comments on Wal-Mart's Position

Scott Seydel remarks on my recent post on Conscious Capitalism as it relates to Wal-Mart.READ»

Questions for Dambisa Moyo

Tweeting Fast Company readers take on the Zambian economist and author of the book "Dead Aid", who talks about making chocolate, fighting AIDS, and her friend Chris HughesREAD»

Detroit Electric and Proton to Beat Tesla S to the Electric Car Finish Line

Tesla's Model S stole many a headline during its launch last week. But when it comes getting an all-electric sedan onto the market, Tesla's time in the limelight may be brief: Proton and Detroit Electric are planning on putting an ...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»

Open Source Gaining Ground in Southeast Asia

Read some posts, news items and press releases today about the growing adoption of open source in Southeast Asia: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»

Our Lives Just Changed. Forever. And For The Better.

Obama wins. America gets a new service innovation capability. It took only seconds after McCain's concession last night for e-mails to start arriving from Brazil, Malaysia, and Europe. The most significant one, in my opinion, ...READ»