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The article discusses the role of the family company in various Asian countries, including China, the Philippines, and India, focusing on so-called Asian capitalism. Topics include the combination of traditional assets such as deep connections and the use of marriage, and modern management techniques; the interaction of traditional values and Westernization; and the impact of feuds and poor succession planning on business.

The article reports on the economic aspects of marriage in the U.S. Women who are better educated are more likely to stay married and less likely to have children out of wedlock. The opposite holds for their less educated counterparts. Conservative author Kay Hymowitz blames the lack of marriage among the poor for the growing economic divide. Research from Avner Ahituv and Robert Lerman shows that married men work harder and party less. It is also more economically efficient than singledom.

The article discusses the social and financial evolution of marriage over the years across the globe including Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

The article examines research on chief executive officers (CEO) indicating that their marital status is an indicator of management style and suggesting a relationship between CEO travel and vacations and their firm's stock prices.

The article discusses research on economic aspects of marriage for both men and women in the United States.

Marriage isn't what it used to be, says the bus-pass brigade, and this is true. For one thing, fewer people are doing it Apart from a blip in 2000, when a batch of millennial proposals came to fruition, the number of weddings in England and Wales falls every year. More people are living together, even having children out of wedlock. As cohabitation, once the preserve of the middle-classes, spreads down the social scale, so the average income of marrying couples rises. But a more important clue comes from the rising age of couples. Yet even as marriage goes out of fashion, weddings are thriving--and becoming more expensive. Middle-class women used to delay childbirth to have a career. Now they seem to be delaying marriage as well.

Reports on the research by Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution showing that one of the bigger wage differentials in the United States is the changing pattern of marriage. Decline in marriage in the 20 years preceding 1999; Poor men affected most; The increase in the number of women with rich husbands going to work; Their wages versus women with poor husbands.