Not so long ago, China has been in hot seat in India. Two of the Chinese biggest telecom equipment manufacturers namely Huawei and ZTE try to get New Delhi to reverse its policy prohibiting Indian companies from buying their Chinese made products. This is not just a small standing issue, as smaller companies from China [...]
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Prominent Families Bid for Purefoods Ownership
San Miguel Corporation Chief Operating Officer, Ramon Ang said recently that Carlyle and the Gokongweis are the top two bidders for their hotdog unit, Purefoods. The hotdog unit was said to be valued at 1.8 billion dollars, making it one of Philippines biggest food and drinks company. According to And, the decision has been made [...]
What China’s Labor Unrest Means for its Future
Perhaps, labor unrest is part of Chinese culture most especially in its factory towns. But yet, this summer’s strife is quite different and would obviously lead to broad implications for the global economy. The truth is, it will take years for the changes to take hold. Although we are witnessing nothing yet, this implications will [...]
New Japan Leader Faces Test To Win Back Voters
Not so long ago in Tokyo, Naoto Kan, the straight talking populist was named Japan’s new Prime Minister. He will be facing a host of daunting tasks from reviving the nation’s stagnant economy to cutting back its ballooning national debt. But first, like many great leaders his job is to mend fences. And that will [...]
Philippines: Attracting a whole lot of Potential Investors
Well, first and foremost allow us to express our congratulations to Philippines for their very successful first fully automated election, which was won by Benigno Aquino III. Many looked at the victorious guy as a symbol for change, peace, and hope. This after, the nation were being swindled by the incumbent Arroyo-administration that was hounded [...]
How Amway Gained Way to China
Amidst the crisis on many Western companies cultural differences and business policies, there is one company that stands out there – Amway. For one, Rose Yang is an avid believer of Amway products. She sells full time for the Ada, a direct marketer of vitamins, detergents, and skin creams. Subsequently, she recruited her mother, as [...]
China Getting Tougher for American Companies
Silicon Valley has followed the business models in China before. It has always been What’s your China strategy? But presently, the 2010 update could be What’s you China headache? This is all because of the Chinese allure getting stronger than ever. Although it is still a place deemed good to manufacture goods, where there are [...]
Techniques that can help small business
In a tight economy where money is hard to come by, most business makes suitable measure to lessen operational cost as a mean to balance their budget. Companies that have engaged in cost cutting proposal which have led employees to be layoffs and their product quality to be reduced, have projected a sign of weakness. [...]