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Business cycles can be capricious, as officials for Tata Motors are discovering. During India's economic boom, the country's largest automobile manufacturer burst onto the international stage by acquiring fabled British luxury marques Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3 billion. The company grabbed more attention last year when it unveiled the Nano, a potentially revolutionary sedan designed for emerging markets with a pricetag less than some laptop computers. Tata Motors, it seemed, was a carmaker in high gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Top Automaker, Tata Motors, Hits a Rough Patch | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...Super Bowl of pro bass fishing. The three-day tournament starts Friday, Feb. 20 on Louisiana's Red River. Bain spoke to TIME's Sean Gregory about her first catch, the sport's old-boys network, and the, er, logistical challenges facing female fishing pros. (Read "Riding the Bass Boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kim Bain-Moore: First Lady of Fishing | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...rose 86% and it increased its forecast for the current year. The firm's CEO recently said "Although difficult to quantify, current trends indicate that the recession has helped increase marketing leads and student enrollment." It sounds like Corinthian may be hiring. On-line education is definitely in the boom phase of expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ten American Companies That Won't Cut Jobs | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...Showa Sophistication: Japan in the 1930s,” which is on display until November of this year. The Showa period of Japanese history, which translates to “period of enlightened peace,” lasted from 1926 to 1989 and witnessed a government-sanctioned boom in urban renewal via tourism, sporting, and even fashion. The exhibition utilizes these three topics in order to shift the works into separate but relatable categories. In the 1930s, though Japan had only opened its ports to Western trade mere decades prior, nationalistic ambition generated the impetus to fashion Tokyo after...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MFA Shows Off Showa Style | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...home in Bangkok, and many of the drivers' hands are dirty. Not from urban grime or motor oil, but from newsprint. Fueled by a growing literacy rate and press reforms in some parts of the continent, Asia is enjoying what may be the world's last great newspaper boom. Eight of the world's 10 biggest paid-for daily newspapers are printed in Asia, according to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The largest national newspaper markets? China, India and Japan. (The U.S. is a distant fourth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newspapers in Asia: A Positive Story | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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