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COVER STORY
CAJOLING A GIANT
How finance is helping Hewlett-Packard ride high in Asia.
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FEATURE
HARD TO FOLLOW
China’s economic referees are starting to enforce a welter of new laws. Will the result be clarity or chaos?
 
FEATURE
SUCKING IT UP
With prices gushing past US$100 per barrel, companies are trying to consume less oil.
 
TOPLINE

NOW THE HARD PART
The China-Taiwan thaw: now for the hard part.

ANOTHER TROUBLED MARKET
IPOs decline.

850,000 LAWSUITS IN THE MAKING
Chinese companies sue over intellectual property.

CRACKS IN THE EDIFICE
Trouble in real estate.

READIN’, WRITIN’, AND ROI
Tuition 101.

CRUNCHING THE WORDS
Auditors go high tech.

KNOW YOUR HIRES
Screening your hires.

RESTATE AT YOUR PERIL
The personal cost of restatements.

 
IN TECH
FIREWALL OF SILENCE
Data security breaches are rampant and costly. So why don’t C-level executives talk about them?
 
DEALS

PICKING UP THE PIECES
In the wake of a broken deal, how do companies move on?

 
BY THE NUMBERS

TOP TEN CONCERNS OF CFOs
Our quarterly look at the top ten concerns of Asia’s CFOs finds consumer demand high on the list.

 
ON THE RECORD
STEPHEN ROACH, CHAIRMAN, MORGAN STANLEY ASIA
 
IN PRACTICE: TECHNOLOGY COMPLIANCE
COOL IS THE NEW GREEN
Eco-friendly IT may seem like a luxury, but governments don’t think so. Here are some tips on compliance.
 
IN PRACTICE: CASH MANAGEMENT
SCORING IN ASIA
More banks are sharing their access to the Swift cooperative network, arming treasurers with one more weapon in the corporate wars.
 
GRAPEVINE
TOO MANY EXPERTS?
Too many experts in the boardroom; CFOs on the move.
 

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