- Volcanic boom: Winning companies April 22, 2010There's a silver lining to every cloud, even the one made up of volcanic ash. While air carriers are licking their wounds from losing an estimated $200 million a day due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, many other firms are smacking their chops at the opportunity to attract new customers. So who got rolling as the planes stayed on the ground?
- What China Inc. wants next March 29, 2010For only the second time in recent history, a large, thriving, privately owned Chinese company has stepped up and stepped out -- buying a big brand known the world over.
- Will Greece turn from euros to gyros? March 24, 2010Athens is abuzz with a rumor: Greece might leave the euro zone and adopt a new currency -- a Greek euro, so to speak, something of a cross between a drachma and a euro to be used only internally. Some hungry economists have jokingly given the new money a nickname: the "Gyro."
- Welcome to the United States of Iceland March 11, 2010It's time to start paying attention to the financial sinkhole that Iceland is trying to climb out of -- the view from inside of it is eerily similar to our own.
- Emerging markets at home February 16, 2010It has become an investing truism of late: If you want stocks with high-octane potential, you're wise to invest in the fast-growing economies of emerging markets. The result has been frenzied demand for such stocks and skyrocketing valuations.
- What happens if China's 'bubble' pops? February 5, 2010World-renowned short seller Jim Chanos -- the hedge fund manager who called the fall of Enron and the systemic problems cause by subprime mortgages --recently turned his gimlet eye on China. He saw a country whose rapid rise was hiding massive flaws: grossly inflated real estate prices, irresponsible construction lending, massive overbuilding, a banking system larded with bad loans, and unreliable government data. Fitch Ratings weighed in this week saying that China's banks face the greatest "bubble risk" of any Asian country.
- China's ahead in the green-tech race February 24, 2010Quick: which nation builds the most wind turbines? If you guessed America, with its blustery Great Plains dotted with whirring GE blades, you'd be wrong. In 2009, China became the planet's largest producer.
- Sovereign wealth funds on the hunt February 16, 2010After months of relative silence, sovereign wealth funds, the huge, state-owned vehicles that export-rich countries use to invest their reserves, are on the prowl again.
- Ukraine online: You've got crop reports! February 16, 2010The U.S. is helping Eastern Europe connect to the Internet in an effort to spur development.
- Playing the China boom December 11, 2009It happens every weekday: A group of ladies gathers at the cavernous, badly lit stock-brokerage office on Shanghai's Xiangyang Lu in what was once, when China was colonized by European powers last century, known as the French Concession. There are usually at least four, and sometimes as many as eight.
- The unstoppable Fung brothers December 9, 2009On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, William Fung, the CEO of Li & Fung Limited, a large Hong Kong-based sourcing company founded by his grandfather, awoke in his Boston hotel room with an inexplicable urge to meet his sister, who lives in San Francisco, for lunch at their favorite sushi restaurant there.
- What on earth is up with 'Russia's GPS?' December 1, 2009Russia's ballyhooed satellite communications system (and Putin's pet project) suffers technical setbacks and malfunctioning devices.
- New ETF is a way into smaller China November 11, 2009If Burton Malkiel, author of the famous "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" and Princeton University economist, is right, the majority of U.S. investors aren't profiting enough from China's rapid growth.
- China's record debt has economists worried December 11, 2009In a world still awash in economic worry, China has stood apart as the one country that has come through the global slump with only the briefest of hiccups.
- French bankers bid 'adieu' to guaranteed bonuses November 5, 2009Banks in France, including non-French ones, will no longer be allowed to offer guaranteed bonuses to traders and other staff under new rules announced Nov. 5. The only exception is for signing bonuses for new employees, and they are limited to a maximum of one year.
- Preparing China's yuan for the world stage November 16, 2009President Barack Obama's visit to China this week has increased the spotlight on one of the top hot-button issues in U.S.-China relations: revaluing the Chinese currency.
- Disney comes to China November 4, 2009China's announcement on Wednesday that Walt Disney could go ahead with its long-planned theme park in Shanghai raised a few eyebrows in Hong Kong. That's because Disney's first foray into the China market, via Hong Kong in 2005, has been tepid at best -- and embarrassing at worst.
- Tax-free Champagne, anyone? October 29, 2009Not even Franz Kafka could have dreamed this one up.
- Forget China, Brazil's a cheaper investment October 28, 2009Brazil has a lot of reasons to celebrate these days. It recently won the competition to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2014 World Cup.
- It's China's world. (We just live in it) October 8, 2009You wouldn't think the men who run the oil-rich country of Nigeria would have much spring in their step these days. The nation is plagued by a never-ending guerrilla war, one that has trimmed the country's oil production to two-thirds of its potential capacity.
- The scene at Facebook's Hacker Way May 18, 2012
- Another thing spooking Facebook's stock: Taxes May 18, 2012There will be a flood of shares hitting the market when employees and insiders sell, which could hurt the new shareholders the most.
- No, Facebook did not make Bono world's richest musician May 18, 2012Reports of Bono's payday have been greatly exaggerated.
- 38 Special: Facebook bankers got it right May 18, 2012Facebook shares stay flat, and that's okay.
- Facebook hits the market without a pop May 18, 2012
- When Zuckerberg decided Facebook is a business May 18, 2012Six years ago, the Facebook founder was a 22-year-old Harvard dropout and virgin CEO. Patricia Sellers was reporting a cover story about MySpace, then the hottest social-networking site on the planet.
- Post-Facebook IPO wisdom, from one CEO to another May 18, 2012Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith offers a couple of words of advice amid today's Facebook IPO fanfare.
- Philadelphia (finally) gets the Barnes art collection May 18, 2012More than 50 years after Dr. Albert Barnes' death, his renowned art collection finds a lovely new home in Philadelphia, against the wishes of many of his fans.
- Zuckerberg through the years May 18, 2012Facebook's founder has become a pop culture staple much faster than almost any of his predecessors. A look at Zuck, over the past nine years, through the public's eyes.
- Why Daniel Boulud still lives above the store May 18, 2012The celebrated chef describes his favorite parts of the job and why he chooses to literally live above his signature restaurant in Manhattan, Daniel.
- Before they were famous, they worked WHERE? May 7, 2012Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres and more got their start at a Fortune 500 company
- Fortune 500 social media superstars May 7, 2012McDonald's, JetBlue and Nike are among the companies worth following online
- Car stars March 15, 2012Times have been tough for global auto makers -- and, for many, fortunes have shifted dramatically in the past year.
- 9 top tech companies March 15, 2012Which technology firms have the best reputations? These nine firms are the envy of their peers everywhere. Here's why.
- Larry Page: Google should be like a family January 20, 2012In an exclusive interview with Fortune, Larry Page, Google's original CEO, who reassumed the position a year ago, speaks with obvious pride about the "family" environment Google tries to encourage, how it differs from his own grandfather's workplace, and how free food encourages people to eat less. And while he doesn't rule out charging for those meals one day, don't count on its happening anytime soon.
- 'I work for a Best Company!' January 20, 2012Interesting assignments, unfaltering support, stints abroad: No wonder these folks love their workplaces.
- How do great companies groom talent? January 5, 2012You can't build a great business without nurturing from within. Meet the firms that are doing it right.
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