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Accounting in China: Seeing the forest for the trees -
Careful where you tread CAN you trust Chinese accounts' Many investors fear (and several short-sellers are betting) that the answer is “no”. Sino-Forest, a big forestry firm listed in Toronto, is a case in point. Last year Muddy Waters, a short-seller, ...
Fighter jets: Bomb bays to Delhi -
“WE’VE been waiting for this day for 30 years,” said Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s president, on the news this week that
India had gone into exclusive negotiations with Dassault Aviation, a French firm, to buy 126 of its Rafale warplanes for ...
Carlos Slim: Let Mexico’s moguls battle -
IN A futuristic art gallery which Carlos Slim opened last year in
Mexico City, visitors can enjoy, among other things, a hall of rare coins and share certificates. Sometimes art speaks louder than words.Mr Slim is the richest man in the ...
Boeing: Faster, faster, faster -
THERE are not many businesses in which the next six years’ worth of customers form an orderly queue, putting down fat deposits and topping them up with further instalments as they wait in line. But that is Boeing’s fortunate position. On January 25th ...
Business in America: Glass half empty -
PROFITS may be at a record high, but American businessfolk are feeling glum. Some moan that their pipeline-postponing president,
Barack Obama, doesn’t understand how business works. Others fret that America itself is becoming dysfunctional. ...
Brands in China: Pro logo -
WHEN Da Vinci, a retailer of expensive imported furniture, opened its new showroom in Shanghai recently, it spared no expense. The gallery, over 10,000 square metres spread over four stories, was filled with extravagant pieces from brands such as Armani ...
Brands in China: Pro logo -
WHEN Da Vinci, a retailer of expensive imported furniture, opened its new showroom in Shanghai recently, it spared no expense. The gallery, over 10,000 square metres spread over four stories, was filled with extravagant pieces from brands such as Armani ...
Carrefour: Bread, cheese, new boss' -
Call that a bargain' Time to shop online LAST summer, amid rumours that he was about to be sacked, Lars Olofsson was given another six months to revive
Carrefour, the world’s second-biggest retailer. His time is up.Carrefour’s performance ...
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