Billion Bucks
Russell Flannery
The Kwoks built their cosmetics chain, Sa Sa, into a Hong Kong powerhouse. Selling to women in China is proving a harder challenge.


Korea’s Rebel With a Steam Mop
Andrew Salmon
Romi Haan leverages ”the courage of ignorance” to build her own brand of housecleaning.

Spotify’s Daniel Ek: The Most Important Man In Music
Steven Bertoni
Spotify’s Daniel Ek created a free, Facebook-enabled platform that could save the recording industry from piracy--and iTunes.

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India Pulls the Rug Out From Under Foreign Retailers
Naazneen Karmali
A growth story frays as the Congress coalition doesn’t tend to business. Clearance time?

The Most Valuable Celebrity Charity Relationships
Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Here’s the list of stars who give the most.

Taiwan’s Edison Opto Takes the Lead in LEDs
Joyce Huang
Jason Wu’s outfit seeks the top end in lighting.

Falling Prices, Rising Use
Joyce Huang
LEDinside averages selling prices have plunged.

The Billionaire Business Owner’s Playbook
Brett Nelson
A U.S. pet food titan serves up inspiration and advice for the entrepreneur.

Billionaire University
Forbes Staff
Some of The Forbes 400 have Ph.D.s; far more never finished college.


USHI Links In Mainland China
Hannah Seligson
A chance meeting with the founder of LinkedIn inspired Dominic Penaloza.

Give ’Em The Finger
Ken Fisher
Buy good stocks that have been impaled by the euro-zone-fueled hysteria of 2011.

Can Venture Capital Save The World?
Helen Coster
Jacqueline Novogratz and her Acumen Fund attack the hunan race’s oldest problems with a groundbreaking model: fund noble startups and let altruistic capital do the rest.


Small Speakers, Big Potential
Jennifer Schultz Wells
Singapore entrepreneur Ryan Lee had an idea: small, portable speakers.

Conflagration
Anuradha Raghunathan
Founding Emami families swept up in hospital horror.

Malaysia’s CIMB Fights Market Protectionism
Simon Montlake
Banker Nazir Razak wants Malaysia’s CIMB to lead Southeast Asian economic integration, but market protectionism dies hard.

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Words of Wisdom
Russell Flannery
Tips from Lee Shau Kee.

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The Dream Island
Finn-Olaf Jones
In Fiji, an ultimate tropical fantasy.