BUSINESS WEEKLY - Monday July 6,2009
MAIN SECTION
China's leadership recently decided to assess the performance of government officials not just by how fast they managed to spur economic growth but also by the environmental soundness of that growth.
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Officials' sedans parked in front of the Beijing liaison office of the Chengdu government. The central government will start to assess both the economic and environmental development efforts of local government officials. CFP
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Opinion
Editor's Note: After serving as an economist for Her Majesty's Treasury - as it is still known in the United Kingdom - Robin Bew fully understands the pressure on the economists who choose to practice the "dismal science".
Energy and Environment
Over the past 20 years, Borge Ousland has traveled to the far reaches of the earth, crossing both the Arctic and Antarctica on solo explorations, driven by what the Norwegian calls the "old Viking spirit to see what is beyond the horizon".
Finance
Several State-owned listed companies now able to unlock the price of their initial public offerings, or IPOs, generally are buoyed by news that the national pension fund will take over part of their shares and hold them for three years, experts said.
Industry
China's e-commerce market has long been dominated by Alibaba.com, which has become an online giant by connecting millions of Chinese exporters with overseas buyers.
Companies
Dell Inc, the world's second-largest PC maker, plans to devote more resources to the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market in China, a senior company executive said.
Charity China
Editor's note: Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Dean Xiang Bing has been thinking long and hard about the feasibility of setting up a philanthropic foundation. He is also planning to introduce modern management philosophies to the philanthropic system to improve operation of charity projects.
IPR Special
Chinese pharmaceutical companies could take a lesson in the value of intellectual property from Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG, which turned a common Chinese herb into the flu fighter Tamiflu.
Local
When Jiang Guifang came to Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 1952, the oasis city was just a desert with only a dozen households.
World News
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is battering rich and poor nations alike.
Up Close
At an old house renovation site in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, a short and strong man stood in the pelting rain with no protection, with a twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face, watching a crawler fork-lift truck load a huge machine with the rubble from the demolished building.
