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Vijay Mahajan, author of Africa Rising, says there are 50 million to 150 million economic élites in Africa with similar spending power to middle classes in the West. More importantly, there are 350 million to 500 million people in the African aspirational classes - from households with stable jobs - that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Woos Africa — And Not Just For Its Resources | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

There are weaknesses to Beijing's great plan. For example, cheap Chinese goods flooding the continent sacrifice African jobs, sparking a backlash against the Chinese presence. Corruption is serious, institutions are weak and political risk in various African countries remains high, meaning the possibility of social and economic breakdown is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Woos Africa — And Not Just For Its Resources | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

A movie has been made of his life. But Pacquiao says the full details of that life couldn't possibly fit into just one film. There are things to clear up. For one, he did not leave ramshackle General Santos City, a camp of tin and thatch, to pursue boxing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning and Mythos of Manny Pacquiao | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Yet economists say Beijing's measures aren't going far enough. Huang Yasheng, professor of political economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management, says that the government needs to do much more to accelerate the income growth of poor Chinese if consumer spending is to play a bigger role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will China's Consumers Save the World Economy? | 11/15/2009 | See Source »

But imposing those cuts, including slashing jobs, could be tricky. The staff at both airlines are heavily unionized. Hundreds of Iberia flights have been grounded in recent days due to a cabin crew strike over pay; a separate dispute among flight attendants at BA could see more planes parked in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the British Airways and Iberia Merger Lift Off? | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

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