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Recognizing the right time for 'do-nothing' strategy

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

WHEN you think about doing business, the first things that come to mind probably aren't non-action, non-competitiveness and harmony. Working without an agenda and just "going with the flow" don't sound like...

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'This time is different' deja vu

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

LOW interest rates, together with a loosening of controls, are largely blamed for the US housing bubble which burst in 2007 and led to the global financial crisis. But as the country's stock markets rebounded...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-21

1.THIS Time Is Different A sobering study that will let you know when the financial party is over -- again Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff | Princeton University Press 2009 | 496 pg. | ISBN: 9780691142166...

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Pursuing proper balance between economics, ecology

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-14

IN the modern era, many people take it for granted that rapid economic development serves the interests of the vast majority. But Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver, authors of "Right Relationship," are among the...

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'Art' and US$12 million stuffed shark

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-14

FOR anyone planning to invest in the art market, it's important to bear in mind that the modern art world is a fickle place fraught with traps. Before venturing into uncharted waters, those who gauge the trends...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-14

1.TWITTER Power How to add 140-character pops of Twitter power to your social networking efforts for your business and your brand. Joel Comm and Ken Burge | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009 | 272 pg. | ISBN:...

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How China banishes hunger and feeds its 1.3b people

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-7

"HUNGER?" Wang Yaya, 15, considers its meaning: "I'm craving lunch at 11am, and my stomach is growling in the long queues at KFC." A middle school student in Xinzhou, a small city in Shanxi Province, Wang is puzzled...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-11-7

1.TWITTER Power How to add 140-character pops of Twitter power to your social networking efforts for your business and your brand. Joel Comm and Ken Burge | Wiley 2009 | 272 pg. | ISBN: 9780470458426 ...

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Smelling a rat: 5 simple signs of financial fiddling

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-24

THERE has always been, and will be, plenty of fraudsters eager to separate you from your money. On an average day my e-mail box contains several messages telling me that someone wants to share a fortune with me,...

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Math models can't predict the market

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-24

LIKE many other individual stock buyers, my father watches almost every day live TV programs in which stock analysts forecast the trend of China's stock market and recommend stocks with "high potential." But he...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-24

1.TWITTER Power How to add 140-character pops of Twitter power to your social networking efforts for your business and your brand. Joel Comm and Ken Burge | Wiley 2009 | 272 pg. | ISBN: 9780470458426 2.Free Witty,...

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Cloud computing brings sunshine

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-17

YOU might not have heard of "cloud computing," but you're likely to be using some of its technology in, say, Web-based e-mail services such as Hotmail and Gmail. In the information technology world, Web-based...

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A loopy idea: human self resembles 'strange loop'

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-17

IN "I Am a Strange Loop," Douglas Hofstadter explains how the human self resembles a "strange loop." To illustrate this cumbersome concept, Hofstadter cites an anecdote in the 1970s, while he was a teenager shopping...

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Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-17

1.FREE Witty, informative treatise on why giving things away for free makes money: understanding the new economic model. Chris Anderson | Hyperion 2009 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9781401322908 2.Twitter Power...

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The power of saying No and knowing when to say it

Opinion | Book review
2009-10-10

SUPPOSE your boss asks you to work the next few weekends on an important project, but you have already promised your weekends to your family. What would you do? Accept the proposal reluctantly or refuse the boss...