September 24, 2012 / Fortune Asia / Volume 166 / Number 5

44 STOP BEATING UP THE RICH
Instead of taking them down, shouldn’t we figure out how to lift everyone up?
BY NINA EASTON

52 100 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES
HOW JEFFERY BOYD TOOK PRICELINE FROM DOT-BOMB TO HIGHFLIER
Since becoming CEO in 2002, Boyd has turned this former poster child of the dotcom bust into one of the great e-commerce success stories. The online travel agency is No. 14 on our list.
BY JON BIRGER

59 THE 2012 LIST
The economy is far from firing on all cylinders today. But even in stagnant times some companies thrive.

68 WHAT DATA SAYS ABOUT US
What are we learning from the vast ocean of data? Truths about our measured world and our measured selves.
Excerpted from The Human Face of Big Data, created by RICK SMOLAN AND JENNIFER ERWITT.

31 INCUBATORS
Best New Cities for Innovation
Everybody talks about innovation―here are six cities (and one city-state) that are actually enabling new companies and smart ideas.
BY OMAR AKHTAR

35 NEW ENERGY
Heavy Hitters Make an Electric Car
Coda boasts a team of bigtime backers but is losing money and on its third CEO. Is there hope?
BY BRIAN DUMAINE

40 FORTUNE GLOBAL FORUM
Facebook’s China Problem
CEO Mark Zuckerberg would like to reach the country’s 513 million Internet users. Too bad local entrepreneurs have beaten him to it.
BY JESSI HEMPEL

10 FIRST
Closer Look
Turfing U.S.A.: Growing, harvesting, and installing sod.
BY PAUL KVINTA

12 FIRST
Insurance
The policy includes a firefighter.
BY JENNIFER ALSEVER

14 FIRST
World
Mexico’s Televisa vs. the people.
BY NATHANIEL PARISH FLANNERY

17 FIRST
Game Changers
A Russian buys a U.S. car-battery maker.
BY CAITLIN KEATING

19 TECH
Mobility@Work
Can the new Lumia 920 smartphone save Nokia?
BY MICHAL LEV-RAM

22 TECH
Tech Stars
Mobile-device expert Dave Morin explains it all.
BY JP MANGALINDAN

25 INVEST
Interview
Even in ugly markets like Europe and Japan, Barnaby Wiener sees stocks that he thinks can deliver.
BY MINA KIMES

6 Editor’s Desk

76 Bing!

OPINION

28 Geoff Colvin
The economy is scary, but smart companies can still dominate.

29 Erin Burnett
Europe: Is it time to break up this marriage?

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