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◆Asian Telecom Rumble
Brian Mertens
An ex-politician from Norway bets on people power to win the mobile phone masses in Asia.

Sidelines | Chinese Checkers
Tim W. Ferguson
Not so bearish on China.

Cost-cutting Singaporean Investor Turns Around Australian Airline
Lucinda Schmidt
With a gimlet-eyed obsession with costs, Lim Kim Hai put troubled Australian airline Rex on a flight path to profits.

The Philippines' 40 Richest
Suzanne Nam
The Philippines is back on track. The country's economy grew by 7.3% in the first quarter of the year, its fastest pace since 2007.

Tweeting in 2G
Megha Bahree
Beerud Sheth's GupShup is group-messaging for the billion who have SMS only on a basic cellphone.

Vivienne Tam, Headed Home
Russell Flannery
The fashion designer, having long made her mark in New York, eyes a huge mainland market. But those customers have an eye for Gucci.

The New Business Of Formula 1
Peter J. Schwartz
Renault's owner, Gerard Lopez, has a blueprint for making money in one of the most expensive competitions in sports.

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◆Companies, People, Ideas

A Point Man On Reform
Noelle Lim
Idris Jala has another mission: repair not just a flag carrier but, more broadly, Malaysia.

China as a Pilot for Projects
Brian Wingfield
World Bank's Robert Zoellick on where it's active and why.

Axis of Oil
Megha Bahree
North Korea fills its tanks with surplus from Indian producers.

Korea's Kortek: From Games To Gaming
Ji-Hyeon Yeom
Han Gu Lee's Kortek in Korea makes the monitors that entice slot players.

China's Immigration Problem
Gady Epstein
Illegal aliens are streaming across a porous border for low-paying jobs.

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◆Technology

Akamai: Funneling Bits, Foiling Hackers
Andy Greenberg
High-speed data network Akamai is the Internet's fast lane. Now it also wants to be its highway patrol.

Waste Not
Jonathan Fahey
Waste Management's David Steiner is investing in far-out technologies to turn trash into treasure.

Running On Air
Jonathan Fahey
Electric cars are all the rage, but we still need lighter, cheaper batteries. Lithium-air may be the answer.

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◆U.S. Celebrity Rankings

The World's Most Powerful Celebrities
Edited by Dorothy Pomerantz and Lacey Rose
Oprah Winfrey takes back her crown while pop chart phenomenon Lady Gaga catapults to No. 4 on this year's Celebrity 100.

Chelsea Handler, Bad Girl
Mary Ellen Egan
She's gotten far, fast on off-color humor. But how far can she go?

Tiger's Other Disaster
Kurt Badenhausen
One part of Woods' empire is on the rocks without any help from the tabloids: his golf course design business.

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◆Money & Investing

Portfolio Strategy | Fracking Gets Cracking
Ken Fisher
Environmentalists hate well fracking. But ultimately good, cheap technology wins out over paranoia.

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◆Issues & Ideas

Salvation At The Call Center
Victoria Barret
James Hooker gives convicted felons jobs and a way out of a broken life. He saved his own career in the process.

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◆Creative Giving

Native Son
Helen Coster
Asher Hasan is on a quest to provide health insurance to the working poor in the developing world. He's starting with Pakistan.