How to obtain, train and retain the people who can help a business get ahead in such a competitive and challenging market is one of the most common topics of conversation among senior managers in China. Luckily there is some

We knew it was coming, but China has now been confirmed ashaving the biggest online population in the world, as the BBC reports:"More than 253 million people in the country are now online, according to statistics from the China Internet

By its very nature bribery is difficult to identify and analyze (except when people get caught!), but the good folk at Trace International are trying to uncover the inner workings through their BRIBEline www.bribeline.org initiative (which they have asked us

As previously reported, China Business Services is an affiliate of the China Speakers Bureau. The Bureau has launched a new website, which is well worth a visit: www.china-speakers-bureau.com. The China Speakers Bureau has a database of over 300 excellent speakers,

Wall Street continue to finish higher on Wednesday. Dow Jones ended up 0.3%, Nasdaq composite gained almost 1%, and the S&P 500 was 0.4% higher. Falling oil prices and the likely approval of a House bill which will stabilize the

Oceanus 0.395 Up 0.015 (3.95%) 55,807,000China Hongx 0.515 Up 0.035 (7.29%) 53,373,000JiutianC 0.105 0.00 (0.00%) 42,643,000Mercator 0.405 Up 0.045 (12.50%) 37,147,000SingTel 3.58 Up 0.07 (1.99%) 28,368,000Li Heng 0.615 Up 0.025 (4.24%) 25,122,000GoldenAgr 0.78 Up 0.01 (1.30%) 25,059,000THBEV 0.225 Up 0.005

Have you read about this news where a 53-year-old lady shot herself dead soon after faxing a letter to her mortgage company? The suicide note said that by the time of foreclosure on her house, she would be dead.It is

China Hongx 0.50 Down 0.015 (2.91%) 53,947,000Li Heng 0.615 0.00 (0.00%) 34,426,000GoldenAgr 0.735 Down 0.045 (5.77%) 27,079,000Jaya Hldg 1.43 Down 0.02 (1.38%) 21,326,000SingTel 3.58 Down 0.02 (0.56%) 17,536,000Synear 0.455 Down 0.005 (1.09%) 17,291,000Oceanus 0.395 0.00 (0.00%) 16,346,000Lian Beng 0.23 Up

KencanaAgri 0.355 Up 0.06 (20.34%) 86,631,000GoldenAgr 0.725 Down 0.01 (1.36%) 28,265,000StraitsAsia 2.51 0.00 (0.00%) 18,994,000China Hongx 0.49 Down 0.01 (2.00%) 18,766,000Chartered 0.65 Down 0.04 (5.80%) 16,647,000Oceanus 0.39 Down 0.005 (1.27%) 10,649,000Noble Grp 2.09 Down 0.06 (2.79%) 10,620,000SingTel 3.53 Down 0.05

Last week, energy trader SemGroup LP (the 12th-largest private U.S. company) filed for bankruptcy after sustaining $3.2 billion in losses on energy futures and derivatives trades.Semgroup suffered as oil prices ramped up, undercutting their positions on short crude futures, used

Our economy is showing some signs of softening. Growth was at its weakest in five years for the second quarter ending in June (1.9% as compared to 6.9% expansion in the first quarter), an indication that Singapore is not immune

Oceanus 0.43 Up 0.02 (4.88%) 61,947,000China Hongx 0.485 Down 0.015 (3.00%) 44,853,000KencanaAgri 0.36 Up 0.02 (5.88%) 38,403,000UniFiber 0.125 Down 0.005 (3.85%) 28,031,000Ferrochina 1.34 Up 0.05 (3.88%) 22,597,000Mercator 0.42 Up 0.02 (5.00%) 21,977,000Yangzijiang 0.78 Down 0.005 (0.64%) 21,776,000SingTel 3.53 Up 0.01

KencanaAgri 0.34 Down 0.015 (4.23%) 59,639,000Oceanus 0.41 Up 0.02 (5.13%) 39,378,000China Hongx 0.50 Up 0.01 (2.04%) 26,288,000Ferrochina 1.29 Up 0.03 (2.38%) 20,143,000ChinaAElec 0.135 0.00 (0.00%) 14,232,000THBEV 0.22 0.00 (0.00%) 13,783,000China Sun 0.245 Down 0.01 (3.92%) 11,908,000Li Heng 0.62 Up 0.005

At the very least, they are not filing any tax return. At the extreme, there is at least 4 billion pesos worth of taxes that is not being collected. A few years ago, a friend who had his business registered

MANILA, Philippines—Culinary artist Cherie Lou Ignacio was a walking drugstore for most of her life. She suffered from hypertension at 21 years old, had a baby who died in her womb at 23, suffered from arthritis in her 30s, not