Diamond smuggler Akani Natacha Glawdys tilts a tiny gem in her palm and smiles as a sparkle ripples through the rough yellow rock.
When Rohini Anand took over diversity programs at multinational catering company Sodexo in 2002, she had one goal: To prove that it pays for a company to have equal numbers of male and female managers.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, Asia's biggest oil refiner, saw its net profit plunge by 30 percent last year due to the continued slump in global crude oil prices since June, the company said on Sunday.
To celebrate this year's World Water Day kicked of on March 22, Coca-Cola China and the One Foundation announced they will strengthen their initiative to improve drinking water in rural schools.
Beijing has stepped up its efforts to switch to clean energy after it shut two of the large coal-fired power plants that supply power to the city during the weekend.
The historic significance of many events can only be appreciated in hindsight.
With a new Foreign Investment Law in the pipeline, Beijing continues its mission to build a more transparent and predictable legal framework for conducting business in China. But with regulatory agencies facing the tough task of enforcement, foreign companies are concerned of being caught up in the learning curve.
The decision by several European nations to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will create more opportunities and a win-win formula for the two continents.
With physical and virtual networks now more converged and ubiquitous than ever before, it is easier than ever for small and medium-sized enterprises to tap into the huge business opportunity of cross-border e-commerce.
A flood of money from unconventional sources has sent valuations of late-stage technology startups, including Uber Technologies Inc and Snapchat Inc, to levels that haven't been seen since before the dot-com crash
Internet moguls like Amazon's Jeff Bezos aren't the only techies snatching up real estate in Southern California.
Oil won't rebound to $100 a barrel because increased prices would draw more shale and other output from higher-cost producers to the market, said Mohammed al-Madi, Saudi Arabia's governor to OPEC.
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