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An Internet for rural India

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:33:12 EDT

It's a sweltering day in May, the hottest time of year in the South Indian town of Sathanur. In the shade of a whitewashed storefront, a rugged, mustached man named Nagabhushana Achalu is filing his first application for a certificate that will help his children go to school. Within minutes the kiosk operator behind the counter has logged on to the state government's intranet and sent Nagabhushana's application to a server in the state capital, 40 miles away.

McDonald's wins with global palates

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:52:36 EDT

While the latest headlines from McDonald's may be distinctly American -- its $4 Angus Burger recently debuted with much fanfare -- it's abroad and not at home that McDonald's has been doing its best business during this recession.

G8 promises may have some legs

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:22:01 EDT

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Dollar and yen rally on investor jitters

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:06:45 EDT

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Oil falls below $60

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:06:44 EDT

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How to be a better global manager

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:22:55 EDT

In 1997, with $100 billion in annual sales and 750,000 employees in 8 countries including the U.S., Wal-Mart decided to open 85 stores in Germany, a move Wall Street analysts applauded because it would pave the way for expansion into all of Europe. The retailer bought up a couple of smaller German store chains, and sent over an executive who had successfully run 200 U.S. Wal-Mart stores from headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., to manage the German operations. Nine years later, in July of 2006, Wal-Mart announced it would close down its German stores. The resulting loss: About $1 billion.

Meet Shell's new CEO

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:35:50 EDT

Royal Dutch Shell this year has toppled Exxon Mobil from the top of the list of Fortune Global 500 companies, just as the Dutch oil company gets a new CEO. Peter Voser, 50, is a Swiss finance expert and Shell veteran who left the company in 2002 to help turn around the Swiss engineering firm ABB, and then came roaring back two years later.

Time to retire the G8 summit

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:15:00 EDT

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Get ready for an Asian spending wave

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:44:53 EDT

You've seen what happens when the world's biggest spenders - American consumers - start to save more and shop less. The results, economically speaking, aren't very pretty. But what would happen if the world's most prodigious savers - Asian households - started to sock away less and spend more?

G8 can weep together, or fight together

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:48 EDT

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Porsche-Volkswagen showdown looms

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:34 EDT

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ECB holds rate at record-low 1%

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:04:47 EDT

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GM cuts Toyota ties in US joint venture

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:05:39 EDT

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Toyota's new man at the wheel

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:26:41 EDT

Even though he has the same last name as five of the 10 previous presidents of Toyota Motor, Akio Toyoda is nothing like his predecessors.

Japan suspends Citi sales promotions

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:06:13 EDT

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British Air: Some agree to work for free

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:56 EDT

More than 1 in 6 British Airways staff have agreed to work for free, take unpaid leave or work part-time, the airline said Thursday after the announcement of cost-cutting measures last week.

Millionaire ranks cut by 19%

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:03:21 EDT

The global financial crisis took a heavy toll on the world's wealthiest individuals last year, with the number of millionaires falling by a record amount, according to a report released Thursday.

Fed extends global emergency funding

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:11:59 EDT

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China's new frontier

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:58:11 EDT

At phone operator Movistar's sales offices in Buenos Aires, customers line up to buy high-speed wireless services to access the web on their mobile phones. Most Argentines don't realize, though, that the company providing the gear for their broadband connections isn't a longtime supplier to Latin America like Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, or Motorola, but a relative newcomer called Huawei.