Singapore’s 40 Wealthiest
Suzanne Nam
They’re worth $54.4 billion, up from last year’s $45.7 billion.

Ready To Roll
Neerja Pawha Jetley
’’Popiah King’’ Sam Goi built a hot business in mass-produced Asian frozen foods.

Banyan Tree Branches Out
Phyllis Fang Savage
Luxury hotelier Ho Kwon Ping is planting new roots in China.

Cambodia’s ’Aw, Shucks’ Banker
Simon Montlake
In Channy’s not-always-humble ACLEDA dominates the countryside.

Weaving Connections
Donald Frazier
Singapore gallery owner Percy Vatsaloo opens a window on the world for a remote Thai village.

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Innovation is the lifeblood of our global economy and a strategic priority for all companies and CEOs everywhere.

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Power Plays
Saritha Rai
Despite a short circuit in the share price of his Lanco Infratech, India’s energy needs keep L. Madhusudhan Rao optimistic.

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Wavering Empire
Keren Blankfeld
The chief executive of News Corp. built a media powerhouse. But the phone-hacking scandal will require some difficult decisions.

Bargains In The PIIGS Pen?
Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Europe’s biggest banks don’t hold as much troubled sovereign debt as you think.


Bungle In The Jungle
Ron Gluckman
The idea was a Chinese economic colony in the Lao wilderness, and that was okay with Laos. Then the gamblers, hookers and gangsters took over, and that was not okay with China.

Into The Fray
Helen Coster
Monis Rahman is building the largest jobs website in volatile Pakistan. Is he prescient--or nuts?

Tale Of Two Families
Anuradha Raghunathan
They show no rubs in running Emami but leave it to Bollywood stars and cricketers to be their cream-brand ambassadors.

Jet Green
Todd Woody
We tagged along on the first transatlantic flight powered by biofuel. The seats were leather. The chardonnay was chilled. And our Gulfstream cut its carbon emissions by 5.5 metric tons.

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Shine On
Noelle Lim
Royal Selangor, the largest pewterer in the world, is breaking its century-old mold.