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Samsung's Mr. TV Growing up in a Korean village, Yoon Boo-Keun never saw a TV until he was nearly out of his teens. Today he runs the world's largest TV-manufacturing operation. Serving Up the 'Yo' Factor V.G. Siddhartha's coffee business is hot with young India and the linchpin of a quietly growing empire. |
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Up For A Vote
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva talks about nuclear power, the separatists, Cambodia, censorship, Thaksin Shinawatra--and why he's calling new elections. |
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The Harajuku Billionaire
Yusaku Maezawa wanted to rock and roll, but he ended up doing something nearly as cool--selling the latest fashions online to Japanese trendsters. |
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The Great Gatsby
Indonesia plays a special role in Japanese cosmetics group Mandom. |
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Cleared For Takeoff
Garuda Indonesia's IPO hit turbulence, but Emirsyah Satar sees better days ahead. |
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Into the Wild
Singapore saw lots of business opportunities in Africa. It's helping Vikram Chand and other entrepreneurs act on this. |
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Steal This E-Book
Tech publisher Tim O'Reilly has turned his $100 million O'Reilly Media into an e-book power--while rejecting antipiracy measures. |
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The Billionaire Behind L'Occitane's Asian Expansion
How Austrian Reinold Geiger led a French firm to dominate the Asian skin-care industry. |
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Talking Shop
George Quek has made the simple bakery a thing of style, and customers are eating it up. |
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Adobe Is Watching Every Click
Adobe products create the Web. They might as well track it, too. |
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Eyes of the World
Color is a new photo app that could change the way you interact with people. |
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Trading Places
Do we need a new stock exchange to help small companies raise capital? A former Nasdaq executive thinks so. |
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Portfolio Strategy | Buying Hipsters And Nerds
Seek technology consumers for stock gains. |
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The Business Of Baseball
Average team values rise to an all-time high, but the Dodgers' and Mets' problems threaten to hurt the rest of MLB |
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Writing New Chapters
Four people who did not retire to a life of golf or gardening. |
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A Fish Called Basa
Largely from Vietnam, its rapid spread and acceptance in India in the past three years has left experts baffled and beaming. |
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