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The article discusses design firms located in India, examining the reasons for their success in 2008. Topics include the market for super-affordable products, entrepreneurial effort going to service the extremely poor, and Indian design firms that have begun to design original products. Also discussed are the cheaper fees charged by Indian design firms than those of their Western competition.

The article reports on trade between the Middle East and Asia. Khaled Al-Muhairy was a fund manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority before starting Evolvence Capital, an asset management firm with $400 million in private equity funds in India. The Gulf Cooperation Council, a group of 6 wealthy Arab countries, has done 55% of its trade with Asia in 2007.

This article discusses research and development alliances between U.S. pharmaceutical firms such as Eli Lilly & Co., Amgen Inc., and Forest laboratories Inc. and drug development firms in developing countries such as India and China. The author frames this process as an analogous approach to that taken by U.S. computer companies that outsource parts of their work. The economic potential of these alliances for U.S. pharmaceutical companies is assessed. INSETS: LINKS;GO EAST, DRUGMAKERS.

The article is about the charity organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and the difficulties it faces as it tries to give a laptop computer to every child in the world. The founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte, had difficulties making deals with computer and software companies such as Intel and Microsoft, and frequently had disagreements with other members of OLPC.

The article focuses on the Middle Eastern management of Persian Gulf oil revenues and its relation to global finance. Included is information on Bader M. Al Sa'ad of Kuwait Investment Authority, his control over sovereign wealth funds and his interest in investing in places such as China and Brazil. Also included are details on the business strategies of Soud Ba'alawy of Dubai Financial Group and other business executives.

The article presents a profile of the Indian corporate chairman Ratan N. Tata. A description of Tata's business education and management style is given, contrasting his calm and quiet personality with his leadership of aggressive international expansion projects. Several rapidly developing markets in which Tata is gaining large profits are outlined. Possible challenges facing the company are mentioned but only casually regarded.

The article discusses the goal among many auto makers to develop an inexpensive car that is affordable to citizens of poorer countries where the middle class is expected to grow. The proposed vehicles would have no frills and would likely be produced in India or China though the quality of the vehicles is unchanged. Tata Motors of India is testing a prototype. Many western auto makers are rushing to develop cheap cars so that they can share in the predicted market boom.

The article focuses on Aditya and Lakshmi N. Mittal, the father and son team that head Arcelor Mittal Steel. The company's history and the educational background of Aditya and Lakshmi are discussed. Details related to the merger of Mittal Steel and Arcelor are presented, as well as the purchase of International Steel Group in 2004.

This article presents the rising concerns over labor shortages in many fields throughout the global arena. In China, the migration from the countryside to the city factories has tapered off. Aging populations are not teaching new generations their skills. Employers in 27 countries are using new recruitment strategies and beefing up in-house training and rehiring retirees. Farming is using billboards and television to lure migrant workers. What they aren't doing is increasing wages.

The article reports on development in India and the division of Bangalore called Electronics City. Poor transportation infrastructure threatens to drag down booming technology fields, and power and water supplies are inconsistent. Infosys Technologies Ltd. pays to transport its employees to and from the city. Nearly all sectors are hindered by corruption, politics, and bureaucracy. Companies like Infosys are losing investors as a result, and the country's financial prosperity is pushed back.