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◆ The World's Biggest Companies
Edited by Scott DeCarlo
This comprehensive report analyzes the world's biggest companies and the fastest-growing of these titans.



Old Asia Hand, New Reach
Megha Bahree
Standard Chartered took its lumps in an earlier financial crisis and is so far thriving in the face of this one.

Commodity Cash Is King
Tim Kelly
Mitsubishi Corp., the old trading company, has been piecing together a new corporate network over a decade.

Coming Up Roses
Anuradha Raghunathan
A move to Africa is just what Ramakrishna Karuturi's Bangalore company needed.

Under Siege
Eric Ellis
A distillery in Nepal keeps the booze flowing, despite kidnappings, extortion and mayhem.

Steely Resolve
Tim Treadgold
Noble Group is betting that China's re-energized build out will help keep its new hires (!) busy.

Billionaire's Playground
Parmy Olson
An Abu Dhabi sheikh purchases a football team from Thaksin Shinawatra. Can money buy success?



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◆Companies, People, Ideas


The Jobs Gambit
Christopher Steiner
By farming out some factory work to China and Mexico, Doug Smith helps the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Green Trade Wars
Quentin Hardy and Taylor Buley
Protectionism has made strange bedfellows of U.S. steelmakers and environmentalists.


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◆Technology


No Phishing Zone
Andy Greenberg
A cybersecurity blowup and millions of typos are boosting a little Web-service firm.

Wired
Elizabeth Woyke
How Korea is battling Internet addiction and cybercrime.


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◆Forbes Asia Life


Out of the Shadows
Eric Arnold
American wineries that are using pinot meunier as nature intended.