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That's not to say there's nothing wrong with what AIG is alleged to have done. "Jiggling the numbers may have become commonplace, but that doesn't mean it's legal," Spitzer says. And if Greenberg misled investors intentionally, it would be fraud. But most believe he was swallowed...
For Jing Huang, politics wasn't just dinner-table-discussion fodder. It was a family tradition. As the grandson of one of the founders of China's communist movement and the son of a leading leftist writer, Huang imbibed the virtues of Marxist thought early. But because of his family...
The stunning growth of the Chinese economy is one of the most amazing stories of our time?but as countless business leaders can attest, there are as many perils as potential riches in the China market. Get things wrong and you'll find yourself in all sorts of trouble. That...
Weijian Shan, a managing partner of U.S. private-equity fund Newbridge Capital, learned some unexpected lessons about business in China's Gobi Desert. During the Cultural Revolution, Shan, a Beijing native, was banished there for six years. By day, he sweated under the blistering sun, tilling the soil and herding...
Last week, Southeast Asia's war on terror, usually waged behind the scenes, burst into the open. In the Philippines, 22 alleged Muslim militants, including three top leaders of the Abu Sayyaf group, were killed during the bloody suppression of a prison riot. But offstage developments are just as frightening...