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The article features Nicolas Aguzin, a JPMorgan banker who was selected as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) chief executive officer (CEO). Topics discussed include reason for the success of HKEX, impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Hong Kong, and larger threat to the Hong Kong exchange. It also mentions brief educational and career background of Aguzin.

The article reports on the use of artificial intelligence and big data by the Chinese insurance company Ping An. It mentions the mobile apps developed by Ping An which provide more data, the early and extensive use of data analysis, and the undervaluation of the company which doesn't take into account the technology capabilities of the company.

The article discusses the expansion of Singapore's grab and Indonesia's go-jek taxi services into industries such as banking and groceries, and efforts to build and offer mobile apps to its consumers.

The article reports on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on international commerce. It mentions the question of concentrating supply chains in China where the outbreak started, how this has worsened the trade dispute between China and the U.S., and the larger impact on international trade and its recovery.

A game of word association with 'heroes' will usually conjure up movie characters, comic book protagonists, soldiers, firefighters, police and maybe an athlete or two. The Mississippi Business Journal recognized [...]

The article discusses the role that venture capital investment plays in the financing technological innovations in businesses in China, including investment to the Da-Jiang Innovations Science and Technology (DJI) company. An overview of the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group, including its investment in U.S. companies, is provided.

The article offers a list of firms that are working to solve social problems. Firms profiled include the investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co., the pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG, and the automaker Toyota Motor Corp. Also noted are the apparel firm Levi Strauss & Co., the internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd., and the consumer goods firm Unilever Group.

The article profiles Indian businessman Natarajan "Chandra" Chandrasekaran. Particular focus is given to his work for the company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Additional topics discussed include how distance running helped him overcome diabetes, how TCS owns Western brands including Land Rover and Tetley Tea, and insights on the TCS's assets and investments.

ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST JERE NASH, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF embarrassment Mississippi public officials can endure--the public kind and the kind that comes from their peer and social groups. [...]

WHAT BEGAN AS A WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NON-PROFIT DELTA HEALTH ALLIANCE HAS ENDED IN ITS CEO under investigation by a federal grand jury over the possible misuse of [...]

A real estate headache that has swamped high-foreclosure areas in the U.S. has surfaced in Greenville. The Sovereign Citizens Movement, a group of people who don't pay taxes and don't [...]

A retail trend that started right after the end of World War II has become a modern problem, and the Mississippi Development Authority is starting the process of finding a [...]

Two senate bills that would have required nursing homes in Mississippi to carry a minimum amount of $500,000 in liability insurance died at the committee deadline this year. Senate Bill [...]

Since the mid-1990s, Mississippi's logging industry has been sawed to a fraction of what it was. Perhaps no better illustration of that comes in the latest employment figures for the [...]

The pyrotechnical display routinely provided by Sanderson Farms Inc.'s plant in Collins is no more as the company has found a better--and more profitable--way of disposing of 'unwanted' methane gas. [...]

Gov. Haley Barbour has about 18 months left before he is term-limited out of office, and if they are anything like the first six and a half years, two things [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rick Moore has been involved in the television business most of his life. His father built from the ground up, starting in the 1970s, what is now Channel [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In an effort to ramp up the fight against obesity in the state, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) has started raising money that will fund an [...]

The Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list ranks the largest companies in Southeast Asia, a region with a GDP of $4 trillion and rapidly growing core economies. Despite regional economic growth, the revenue of Southeast Asia's largest companies decreased in 2023. This decline can be attributed to the dominance of a few giant firms with global operations, which were affected by geopolitical conflict and weaker global demand for energy. However, smaller companies on the list experienced sales growth, particularly in the financial sector, travel and transportation, and the tech industry. The top five companies on the list, including three Singapore-based commodities trading houses and two state-owned oil and gas producers, accounted for 26% of the total revenue. The Southeast Asia 500 list will continue to track the region's changing business landscape in the future. [Extracted from the article]

An introduction is presented for a section profiling technology companies noted for accomplishments in design and design thinking.

The article reflects on how Japan is recovering from the Sendai earthquake and tsunami one year after it occurred in March 2011. The country's financial difficulties are considered including its strong yen currency, its declining gross domestic product (GDP), and the losses reported by electronics companies in 2011. Other topics discussed include Japan's aging workforce, the lack of women in the workplace, and the insularity of Japanese youth.

The article reports on the best advice ever received from several accomplished executives. Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Limited Partnership, claims the best advice he ever heard, was to ask for the order first, and when the customer says yes, stop talking. Larry Page, co-founder and president of Google, credits his Stanford University advisor Terry Winograd, for encouraging him to study the link structure of the web.

The article discusses the construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101 story building, over 16 hundred feet tall, which is to be the tallest building in the world from its opening in 2008 until the completion of an even taller one in Dubai. Located in the Pudong section of Shanghai, China, it was built by Minoru Mori, a Japanese real estate mogul, in cooperation with the Communist rulers of China.

The article describes the business career of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba.com, who worked with Yahoo! Inc. to form the world's biggest online marketplace. His company went public with the biggest initial public offering in history. In China, where there is less Internet infrastructure than in the U.S., e-commerce is more important. This business site has allowed China to participate more in the global economy. INSET: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

The article discusses the growing prowess of businesses in India. Indian firms continue to expand into foreign markets. Information technology services firms such as Wipro and Infosys Technologies are among the leaders in overseas expansion, but manufacturing companies are growing as well. Progress has occurred despite a national government that is not always seen as helpful to business. INSETS: Outward Looking;Growing Global.

This article focuses on China Mobile, the world's largest wireless company, and its chief executive officer Wang Jianzhou. The company has 332 million subscribers and serves five times as many customers as AT&T. The company continues to sign five million new users a month. China Mobile offers Internet searches, ringtones, and music downloads.

The article unpacks the business tactics of Sunil Mittal, founder and CEO of India's leading wireless company Bharti Airtel. It was projected that India would overtake China as the world's largest mobile market when Mittal outsourced his network to Ericsson, Siemens, and Nokia. His partnership with international firms has led to the teaming of Bharti Enterprises with Wal-Mart to transform India's underdeveloped retail market. A comprehensive history of Mittal's business moves is presented.