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Growing share of customer spending

[2015-03-30 07:34]

Today's businesses pour millions into metrics for tracking and analyzing leading indicators of business growth such as customer satisfaction, net promoter score. But what if increases in these customer loyalty metrics do not translate into growth? An outside-the-box question, and precisely the one that the authors of the book sought to answer in their landmark research, originally published in the Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Management Review.

Shifting sands

[2015-03-28 07:52]

I was about to board my flight from Beijing to Egypt when I happened to read the news that two bombs had been found in Cairo international airport and a homemade bomb exploded in central Cairo the day before.

Keeping quiet in Oman

[2015-03-28 07:52]

Before I flew to Muscat, capital city of Oman, it had been most commonly described to me as "quiet". Upon arriving at Muscat airport at midnight I immediately understood why.

Ceiling hike for foreign investors 'very soon'

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Cumulative investment quota of $1 billion for QFII program likely to see further revisions

Trade-in program expected to give boost to iPhone sales

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Apple Inc is planning to introduce a trade-in program for the iPhones in China after a similar program bolstered sales in the United States.

BOC's chief credit officer leaves post

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Chim Wai Kin, the chief credit officer who was Bank of China Ltd's highest-paid executive, has left his job amid pay cuts being imposed on senior managers at Chinese lenders, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.

Geely to invest $372m on new London Taxi facility

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd will invest 250 million pounds ($372 million) to build a new facility for the London Taxi Company in Coventry, United Kingdom, the Chinese company said on Thursday.

Free trade zones set to become vital testing grounds for broad reforms

[2015-03-27 07:24]

In the fourth of a series on the 'new normal' economy, Zhong Nan highlights how the nation is developing policies that will be the fresh drivers of growth.

What's news

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Governments and policies

Quotes of the day

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Finance to lift growth of Nansha district

[2015-03-27 07:24]

Innovative financial policies for the Nansha New District, part of the newly approved Guangdong Free Trade Zone, would help boost financial cooperation between Guangdong and neighboring Hong Kong and Macao, leading industry experts said on Thursday.

'Sweeteners' to bring more funds to rural enterprises

[2015-03-26 07:36]

Financial institutions may get incentives for extending loans to smaller businesses

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