Cross Border
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GlaxoSmithKline takes its medicines: How Andrew Witty patched up the sick drugmaker
Andrew Witty inherited a drugmaker sick with scandal and spent the next eight years patching up his patient. GlaxoSmithKline may finally be well again
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The Wizard of Apps: How Jeff Lawson built Twilio into the mightiest unicorn
The hottest stock in America, Twilio, is a company you've never heard of. It uses the cloud to put communications everywhere
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Vegan veteran Follow Your Heart wakes up to VC-backed competitors
For more than 40 years Follow Your Heart has been quietly selling health-conscious foods. Now VCs are backing fast-growing competitors
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Pedalling to work? You don't have to break a sweat
Already massive in China and popular in Europe, electric bikes are making inroads in the US. An MIT engineer thinks his throwback design will win over city dwellers
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Fab 50: Vinamilk's secret ingredients for success
Vinamilk dominates Vietnam's dairy industry, thanks to a capitalist-minded woman who was trained in a Soviet university
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Inside James Dyson's secretive laboratory
James Dyson has built one of the world's most innovative companies by wooing young, talented engineers to the picturesque English countryside and giving them the freedom to fail—hundreds of times. His build-a-better-mousetrap approach has made him one of Britain's richest men and revolutionised products ranging from vacuum cleaners to hair dryers. Next up? Better batteries
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Marc Benioff's audacious plan to reinvent Salesforce
In an age that celebrates manic entrepreneurs, none is more frenetic than the Salesforce founder, whom we consistently rate as America's most innovative CEO. Come along for a wild ride with Marc Benioff as he tries to turn hyperactivity into a new model for tech growth and corporate activism
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Tech Mahindra: Vineet Nayyar's winning bet forges ahead
Vineet Nayyar gambled that by taking over a discredited rival, he could put Tech Mahindra into the Big 5 of India's IT industry. This year, it alone makes the list
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Fab 50: China's home builder Country Garden builds a new strategy
Country Garden makes billions by luring China's middle and upper classes out of congested cities. Now, Yeung Kwok Keung has a new strategy
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Fab 50: The best blue-chips of Asia Pacific
Forbes Asia's list of the best publicly traded big companies
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How Malaysia's Karex became the world's largest condom-maker
The world's largest condom-maker, Malaysia's Karex, is buying up innovative new brands that are changing a product long ripe for improvement