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...Many of these Chinese-run companies thrive by acting as cultural interpreters. With slowing sales at home, plenty of Japanese firms are looking to China's growing middle class to sustain profits. Who better than expatriate Chinese engineers to advise researchers, for instance, that Chinese like their cell phones painted gold or red? (Japanese, by contrast, prefer white or silver hues.) "With the U.S. and Japan, everyone expects there to be big differences in terms of business culture," says TV director Zhang. "But with China and Japan, even Japanese are often surprised that we don't operate the same...
...just the prospect of riling trade partners that is encouraging SWFs to curb high-profile foreign investments. China's fledgling SWF, China Investment Corp. (CIC), earlier this year invested to much fanfare in the Blackstone Group, the big New York private-equity firm, right before Blackstone went public. But Blackstone's share price has sunk 35% below its June 2007 listing price of $31, costing CIC more than $1 billion. The pratfall appears to have prompted CIC to rein in its ambitions. Instead of splashy investments in the U.S. and Europe, the fund is now looking closer to home...
...desire to hold office herself, but Valerie Biden Owens--once a social-studies teacher and now an executive at a strategic-consulting firm--has run every one of big brother Joe's campaigns. For his 2008 presidential bid, she has traded the title of campaign manager for that of national chair, a position that allows Biden Owens, 62, to serve as a surrogate on the trail as well as "the last filter" when it comes to crafting campaign messages. She signs off on all ads and grapples with the task of making her brother heard in a crowded Democratic field...
College is all about first-time experiences: living on your own, enjoying curfew-free nights, and doing laundry. In recent years, however, important college accomplishments like losing your virginity have been replaced with more ambitious goals, like founding your own consulting firm...
...really unique thing to have done during college,” Eisenberg says. “It gave me business experience that few of my peers had during the job interview period.” Eisenberg is now working at a consulting firm in Manhattan, but says, “I’d like to work more permanently in an entrepreneurial environment...