Cross Border
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Serial Pleasure: China's online reading craze is challenging Kindle
Chinese e-books provide an interactive reading experience, where readers and writers can discuss and co-develop the plot
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Aier Eye Hospital: Eyeing new markets
Why China's largest ophthalmological hospital chain is focusing on the US
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How Indian education companies tanked due to unsustainable business models
Asset-heavy Indian schooling firms sink after good early marks
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SafBon Water Service: An undisputed giant in China's burgeoning water industry
Zhang Chunlin gave up a prized state engineering job to hustle for a major chunk of the industry
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Bill Miller: The unreformed stock picker
Bill Miller beat the market for 15 straight years before he was hammered by the financial crisis. Now the legendary investor is happily running money on his own terms—long on risk and big ideas
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The emperor's new coins: The cryptocurrency bubble
We're in the middle of the greatest bubble of the decade: $100 billion worth of cryptocurrency with little intrinsic value. A long-term system will emerge but not before a handful of visionaries, and hucksters, take billions from the greater fools
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The AI whiz kid whose startup is battling tech giants
Matthew Zeiler-founded Clarifai's image-recognition tool can go toe-to-toe with those of Google, IBM and Microsoft. Now the startup must fight to stay competitive
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Nate Paul: Real estate mogul with a $800 million net worth
In no time, the 30-year-old Texas lad has amassed a billion-dollar portfolio. Imagine what he'll do when he turns 31
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How Occidental Petroleum became the top producer in the US's Permian basin
As the first woman to run a big American oil company, Vicki Hollub has quickly made Oxy leaner, smarter, gentler—and poised to gusher cash for the next half-century
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Meet this year's top philanthropists trying to make a difference
The 40 noteworthy givers include billionaires, celebrities and other generous folks
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Yao Ming: A star returns home
Despite fears that he would leave China behind, basketball legend Yao Ming always planned to come back and use his fame and fortune for philanthropy