Hurry Up and Wait
Jessica Tan
Renowned researcher Jackie Ying is impatiently hopeful for Singapore's Biopolis to be the standard-bearer in biomedical sciences.



Hunting Season
Matt Miller
Rich Asians are switching wealth managers--a plum target for Sarasin's Enid Yip in Hong Kong.

Learning on the Job
Eric Ellis
Venancio Alves Maria invests East Timor's oil and gas money with caution.

Raising the Roof
Jack Anderson
Government taxing and spending is about to explode globally as countries confront the meltdown. Time to consult our annual entrepreneur's guide to world taxation.

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Companies, People, Ideas


Three's a Crowd
Tim Treadgold
Australia's tilt back to Japan.

No Slowdown
Russell Flannery
Recession or not, Sany is in the sweet spot.

Sinking Video Pirates
Andy Greenberg
Startup Vobile wants to attack copyright infringement in China.


Air Pocket
Chana R. Schoenberger
Why it's so expensive to fly around Japan.

Profit Pill
Matthew Herper
Gilead Sciences beat big pharma at its own game.

Roots of Trouble
Tim Kelly
Norinchukin's bitter harvest.


Oil Spill
Christopher Helman and Liz Moyer
A mess involving Goldman Sachs and an Oklahoma pipeline giant.

The PGA's New Face
Monte Burke
Boo Weekley livens up the Tour.




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Technology


Dynamic Duo
Joyce Huang
CyberLink of Taiwan is a husband-and-wife affair--with 400 engineers.

A Nuclear Hybrid
Jonathan Fahey
A fusion-fission hybrid reactor.

Digital Tools | When Smart Is Dumb
Lee Gomes
Inspiration: Still missing from computers is the sort of commonsense knowledge that humans have.


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Issues & Ideas


Mean Streets
Elisabeth Eaves
Sudhir Venkatesh understands America's underground workers.






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Creating in a Crisis


Thriving in the Downturn
Edited by Brett Nelson
Four entrepreneurs are prospering in a recession.

Classy Chassis
Parmy Olson
Morgan Motor has banked on sleek designs and small production for a century.

Heaven on Wheels
Christopher Steiner
There's a 180-unit backlog on hand-built bicycles from Sacha White.


Skin Trade
Peter Newcomb
Dr. Yan Trokel is getting a lift during the recession.

Maestro
Maureen Farrell
Sam Zygmuntowicz makes just six pieces a year.




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Best U.S. Places


The Best Places For Business And Careers
Edited by Kurt Badenhausen
Metros in North Carolina and Colorado dominate our 2009 rankings.






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Forbes Asia Life


The Goya of Cambodia
Lawrence Osborne
Painter Vann Nath's depiction of genocide.

People's Time
Egor Appolonov
Singapore collector's Soviet watches.

The Curse of Forbes
Gady Epstein
China's rich have loads of problems in Wang Gang's new novel.


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Creative Giving


Extreme Fundraising
Steven Bertoni
Athletes who do anything for a cause.






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