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China’s cabinet industry maturing in 2006

Apr 1, 2006

This article originally appeared in FDM. Larger firms offer higher quality as domestic demand grows and consolidation is likely. Cabinet products from Jianpan Cabinet Co.…

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Supply Chain Challenges

Mar 14, 2006

About two dozen supply chain executives from around the world gathered here earlier this month to discuss the business-technology challenges of managing their dispersed and…

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Back to the Future

Jan 6, 2006

This article originally appeared in CMO (Chief Marketing Officer), an IDG magazine (which has since ceased publication). Jim Murphy learned about marketing to Chinese customers…

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RFID in China

Jan 1, 2006

While Chinese manufacturers and the Chinese government must come to terms on standards, this burgeoning industry is poised for growth Haier Group, China’s leading home-appliance…

Standard Chartered claims first “true” loan securitization

Standard Chartered claims first “true” loan securitization

Dec 19, 2005

The China Construction Bank privatization project, recently approved by the Chinese government, may become the first true loan securitization in China. As the sole advisor,…

CSFB helps move securitization forward in China

CSFB helps move securitization forward in China

Dec 19, 2005

In the spring of 2004, China’s largest commercial bank struck a deal with Credit Suisse First Boston, CITIC Securities and China Credit Trust to securitize…

CITIC named Special Purpose Trust in ground-breaking project

CITIC named Special Purpose Trust in ground-breaking project

Dec 19, 2005

This fall, one of the two big bank securitization projects in progress is the MBS project of China Construction Bank. The Special Purpose Trust that…

China opens up to new deal structures, new participants

China opens up to new deal structures, new participants

Dec 19, 2005

China’s securitization market finally reached a new maturity level this fall, with new participants and new deal structures. The watershed moment was September’s listing of…

Brokerage pioneer in China’s securitization space

Brokerage pioneer in China’s securitization space

Dec 19, 2005

While other brokerage firms have tried – but so far failed – to get securitization projects off the ground, the Beijing-based China International Capital Corp.…

Foreign Companies Driving China Supply Chain Infrastructure

Foreign Companies Driving China Supply Chain Infrastructure

Dec 6, 2005

The Chinese economy has been growing rapidly despite an underdeveloped supply chain network. Most Chinese manufacturing companies do not yet rely on supply chain systems,…

China’s Weak Logistics

China’s Weak Logistics

Dec 6, 2005

Electrolux China, a group that manufactures kitchen, cleaning and outdoor appliances for consumers and business users, set up its supply chain system in 2002, after…

Supply Chain Infrastructure

Supply Chain Infrastructure

Dec 6, 2005

The Chinese economy has been growing rapidly despite an underdeveloped  supply  chain network. Most Chinese manufacturing companies do not yet rely on supply chain systems,…

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Biometrics Comes To the Heartland

Nov 6, 2005

A couple years ago, good security meant a good firewall at the periphery of a bank’s network. Today, given the range of internal and external…

Chinese Legal System Hinders IP Protection Efforts

Chinese Legal System Hinders IP Protection Efforts

Oct 24, 2005

If finding a software pirate is as simple as walking down the street and looking around for wheelbarrows, why is China–home of the largest authoritarian…

Cost for Windows falls–to 50 cents–in China

Cost for Windows falls–to 50 cents–in China

Oct 20, 2005

Despite three years of attention by lawmaking committees and a steadily increasing roster of laws protecting intellectual property, China is a shopper’s paradise for all…

Open Source – China’s Bet on Linux

Open Source – China’s Bet on Linux

Oct 15, 2005

As China prepares to become a full member of the World Trade Organization, the Beijing government is trying to prove to the West that it…

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Network Security: An Arkansas Bank Protects Communications Inside-out

Oct 3, 2005

A couple of years ago, good security meant a good firewall at the periphery of your network. Today, given the wide range of threats that…

Chinese Companies Pick Linux to Boost Their Own Skills

Chinese Companies Pick Linux to Boost Their Own Skills

Sep 30, 2005

The last couple of years have seen one disaster after another in China’s financial sector: financial scandals, record losses, a stock market at six-year lows.…

Open-Source May Help China Curb Software Piracy

Open-Source May Help China Curb Software Piracy

Sep 27, 2005

Since Linux doesn’t require user licenses, it’s also a way to combat software piracy, which is an epidemic in China. Under pressure from the world…

Chinese Companies Plan Massive Linux Deployments

Chinese Companies Plan Massive Linux Deployments

Sep 27, 2005

Tokyo-based TurboLinux has recently announced that the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China will roll out Linux in all of its 20,000 retail branches. ICBC,…

Microsoft Fights Piracy In China, Linux Wins

Microsoft Fights Piracy In China, Linux Wins

Sep 6, 2005

As proprietary software vendors crack down on piracy, China looks to Linux as an alternative. On virtually any street in Shanghai or Beijing, you can…

Outsourcing: Russia and Eastern Europe

Outsourcing: Russia and Eastern Europe

Sep 15, 2004

Compared with some of the big-league outsourcing players, Russia is a rookie. The country’s current revenue from IT outsourcing is $150 million to $200 million…

Russia and Eastern Europe

Russia and Eastern Europe

Sep 15, 2003

Compared with some of the big-league outsourcing players, Russia is a rookie. The country’s current revenue from IT outsourcing is $150 million to $200 million…

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Newspaper Web Sites Struggle to Attract Younger Readers

Jul 30, 2003

Online editors who have managed to attract the elusive younger set  make it sound so simple:  Give them content they’ll want to read and forums…

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News Sites Experiment With ‘Dayparting’ by Tailoring Content

Jul 22, 2003

Online news sites have long noticed a troubling drop-off in  visitors during the evening hours. Last year, several newspapers  got together with Minneapolis-based  Minnesota Opinion…

Piecing It All Together

Piecing It All Together

Jul 7, 2003

A year after Steve Kaufman and his staff at Goshen, Ind.-based health care insurer Mennonite Mutual Aid Association (MMAA) launched a massive enterprise application integration…

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U.S. government expels legitimate reporters

Jul 1, 2003

U.S. visa rules single out journalists with burdensome requirements In May, nine legitimate journalists were stopped while trying to enter a country. They were repeatedly…

Down economy spurs automation in collections

Down economy spurs automation in collections

Jun 1, 2003

It’s a tough time to be a credit manager. On the one hand, customers are trying to improve their cash flow by conveniently forgetting to…

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‘I’m addicted to war’

Mar 1, 2003

A former war buff embarks on her own 12 step program My name is Maria, and I’m addicted to war. I had my first taste…

How to spot a fake atrocity

How to spot a fake atrocity

Feb 12, 2003

In the mid 1990s I worked in the former Soviet Union, covering various republics as they disintegrated into civil war. And I occasionally came across…