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Issue 64 ■ April 2011

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INDIAN INNOVATIONGujarat Leads the Way

TRADE BOOMChinese in Africa

GENDER GAPWikipedia’s Quandary

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34 New Uses for Old BunkersSwitzerland’s mountains are peppered with carefully

concealed military bunkers. They were built to protect

the country’s sovereignty, but critics claim that they are

obsolete and cost too much money.

40 A Bold ProposalCharif Souki, the chairman and chief executive of Cheniere

Energy, built a huge terminal to import gas into the US.

Now, he plans to use it to export gas as local prices tumble

due to oversupply.

44 China’s African FocusA million Chinese, from engineers to chefs, have moved

to work in Africa in the past decade. This trade boom has

changed lives on a global scale.

48 Back from the BrinkRachel Ashwell had a turbulent time during the global

financial crisis and had to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

But now her Shabby Chic range is bouncing back.

52 Inspiring GrowthGujarat’s annual 11 per cent gross domestic product growth

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30 A New MonopolyThere’s no cheating in the computerised version of

Monopoly. Hasbro, the maker of the game, says people

don’t want to read rules but simply play. Critics say it takes

all the fun out of the game.

is outstripping the rest of India. Many believe that the chief

minister of the state, Narendra Modi, is behind this success.

56 Wiki’s Gender GapWikipedia has hundreds of thousands of contributors, but

less than 15 per cent of them are women. The reason why

men outnumber women on the site runs far deeper than

Wikipedia.

60 Tough TaskTina Brown, the renowned former editor of The New Yorker,

Vanity Fair and Talk, has been given the task of turning

Newsweek into a profitable magazine. That is a lot to ask

according to media insiders.

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11 NotebookWorld business in a nutshell.

17 ObserverSpotting and analysing business trends.

22 Column: Thomas L. FriedmanSerious in Singapore

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Essentials65 Riding the Dragon

Hoi An’s temples, pagodas, markets, food and people

ensure that you get all the best of Vietnam in one tiny

place – an opinion shared by UNESCO who put it on

their World Heritage List for precisely that reason.

70 The Super Concierge

When it comes to getting exactly want you want, without

having to lift a finger, Indispensable is the worldwide

answer. The man providing the global magic is the savvy

Concetto Marletta.

74 Message In a Bottle

Every year, billions of empty water bottles end up in

landfills around the world. The little Australian town of

Bundanoon has totally banned the selling of bottled

water, and the idea is catching on.

78 The Sound of Free Scores

The Internet Music Score Library Project is the world’s

largest free source of musical scores. Like many other

similar sites, it has ignited copyright concerns and is

challenging traditional business models.

82 An Unhealthy Legacy?

The promise by the 2012 organisers to get two million

more English people involved in sport has faltered. But

that’s not the first time the Olympic legacy has not lived

up to its billing.

86 On Patrol The new Nissan Patrol offers all the luxury while

maintaining its solid off-road credentials. Just don’t

push the accelerator too hard.

88 Other Business Portfolio takes a light-hearted look at the latest

business news.

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$8 billion is the hefty fine slapped on Chevron over contamination in the Amazon. The Ecuadorian judge

ruled that the oil giant was responsible for widespread damage of the country’s Amazon basin through its oil drilling.

1,000 Irish emigrate

every week

according to a recent survey

done by the Economic and

Social Research Institute. The

numbers include many young

graduates trying to find jobs.

¤3.7 billion is the top

price LVMH, the

world’s leading luxury brand

company, has agreed to pay

for 50.4 per cent of Italy’s

Bulgari brand. Paying a

premium of almost 60 per cent

for the high-end watches and

jewellery maker, LVMH aims

to tap surging demand from

emerging markets.

$1.1 trillion in deficit

savings over the next

decade has been projected

in President Obama’s $3.7

trillion budget-plan for 2012.

hosted 20,000 guests, a Bell

helicopter as dowry, a 100-

dish menu, and a gracious

$5,000 tip to the groom’s

barber. The ostentatious

display by the couple Lalit

Tanwar and Yogita Jaunapuria

has drawn flak from Indian

media and political circles.

1,600km/h vehicle goes into construction

as the design for the

world’s fastest car receives

the nod. The British car,

named Bloodhound, will be

powered by a Eurofighter-

Typhoon jet engine bolted

above a hybrid rocket.

Toyota Aims for

In FiguresThe World

The projected savings will be

generated through spending

cuts in federal programmes,

a freeze on discretionary

spending and resurrecting

a series of tax increases.

$1.15 million was the

handsome price

paid by a collector in Hong Kong

for a set of four Chinese stamps

from the Cultural Revolution era

at an auction.

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Activist Buys McDonald's Chain

Ceramic tile prices are set to rise in

Europe after the European Union (EU)

said it would introduce heavy duties on

imports from China.

In an effort to put an end to what it

says is illegal dumping, the EU said it

would impose duties of up to 73 per

cent. China exports tiles worth €275

million ($385 million) to Europe per year,

according to the EU.

EU industry “is suffering material

injury because of the effects of dumped

imports”, the EU said in a statement.

Initially the duties will stay in place for six

months, though they could be extended

for five years.

Europe’s ceramic tiles industry is

the world’s largest after China’s.

Companies that operate in the European

Union have seen their profit margins

squeezed as a result of Chinese

producers undercutting their prices,

according to the European Ceramic

Tile Manufacturers’ Federation.

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The Future of ComputingExperts have warned that computers will soon hit a wall where exponential improvements will stop. Now the search is on for the next big step that will make computers more powerful and use less energy, reports John Markoff.

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Parthasarathy Ranganathan, a Hewlett-Packard electrical engineer, with a prototype data centre known as an exascale processor.

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MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS

Rank Name Title Price

1. Jackson Pollock Number 5, 1948 $140 million

2. Willem De Kooning Woman III $137.5 million

3. Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-bauer I $135 million

4. Pablo Picasso Nude, Green Leaves and Bust $106.5 million

5. Pablo Picasso Garçon a la pipe $104.1 million

6. Andy Warhol Eight Elvises $100 million

7. Pablo Picasso Dora Maar au chat $95.2 million

8. Titian Diana and Actaeon $91 million

9. Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-bauer II $87.9 million

10. Francis Bacon Tryptich 1 $86.3 million

HIGHEST-PAID AUTHORS

Rank Name Earnings

1. James Patterson $70 million

2. Stephenie Meyer $40 million

3. Stephen King $34 million

4. Danielle Steele $32 million

5. Ken Follett $20 million

6. Dean Koontz $18 million

7. Jean Evanovich $16 million

8. John Grisham $15 million

9. Nicholas Sparks $14 million

10. JK Rowling $ 10 million

HIGHEST-EARNING MUSICIANS

Rank Band Name Earnings

1. U2 $130 million

2. AC/DC $114 million

3. Beyonce Knowles $87 million

4. Bruce Springsteen $70 million

5. Britney Spears $64 million

6. Jay-Z $63 million

7. Lady Gaga $62 million

8. Madonna $58 million

9. Kenny Chesney $50 million

10. Black Eyed Peas $48 million

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Sony’s New ChallengerSony’s chairman Howard Stringer’s decision to make Kazuo Hirai his top lieutenant signals the company will accelerate plans to marry its content with hardware after its products lost ground to Apple and Samsung Electronics.

In naming the 50-year-old executive to oversee all of Sony’s consumer electronics, Stringer picked the only one of the ‘Four Musketeers’ he’s been grooming who isn’t an engineer by trade. Hirai, who’s fluent in Japanese and English, was also the youngest musketeer.

The promotion will test the games chief’s ability to carry out Stringer’s vision to integrate Sony’s TVs and computers with content from the entertainment businesses. After the Walkman’s domination of portable players in the 1980s, Tokyo-based

Sony lost against Apple with the iPod, failed to fend off Samsung in TVs, while Nintendo took the lead in video-game consoles.

Hirai will head a newly created group that combines all of Sony’s consumer electronics and network services from April 1. He will also be responsible for sales and marketing, common software platforms and design operations, according to Sony.

The company cited Hirai’s ability to turn around the PlayStation games division for promoting him to the expanded role. Sony reported third-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ estimates after the PlayStation games division’s profit more than doubled. That cushioned a slump in TV prices, which had also eroded earnings at Samsung and Panasonic.


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Banks Need Capital O N E 2 W A T C H

Having spent three years searching for a CEO, Sears Holdings

Corporation appears to have struck the desired balance with

high tech and retailing by appointing tech executive Lou

D’Ambrosio. The former CEO of telecom giant Avaya was

noted for successfully leading Avaya through a going private

transaction that effectively resulted in higher earnings for the

company. He has also completed a 16 years stint at IBM, thus

bringing with him a wealth of technological expertise.

Sears’ board sees great opportunity in tapping D’Ambrosio’s

deep understanding of the telecom industry, which can be

applied to giving the company a bigger online presence by

revamping its stores and upgrading its technology. In targeting

the rapidly growing market of tech savvy shoppers, Sears

is working on launching commerce-enabled applications

on smartphones, PCs and tablets to broadcast deals to

shoppers looking to save time, energy and money. With

this technological capability the 125-year-old Sears Holding

is attempting to set itself apart from competitors including

Penney’s, Target Corp and Macy’s.

D’Ambrosio, 46, faces the immediate challenge to halt the

financial losses of the beleaguered company whose revenues

have been declining every year since it merged with Kmart in

2005. Will the MBA from Harvard Business School prove to

be the new blood the troubled company so urgently needs to

plug its losses? Investors and market analysts will be keeping

a keen watch in the coming months.

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The $315 million sale of the Huffington Post to AOL is a great deal for its founder – but what about the unpaid bloggers who made it a success? That’s just one of the many contradictions that characterise

Arianna Huffington, reports Hadley Freeman.

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“As a journalistic enterprise, our commitment is to pursue the truth, we’re not doing advocacy, we’re not cheerleading for any particular party, and that for me is where Huffington Post was and where we’ll continue to be.”

On February 7, 2011, AOL announced it would acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million and make Huffington president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, which will include The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties.

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“Huffington also makes her usual rebuttal that the Huffington Post gives bloggers ‘a platform’, and that by merging with AOL this platform will be even higher.”

Tim Armstrong, chief executive officer of AOL, left, and Huffington at AOL’s headquarters in New York.

Huffington has written 13 books, including Maria Callas – The Woman Behind the Legend, and a biography of Pablo Picasso, Picasso: Creator and Destroyer.

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In 2009, Huffington was named as number 12 in Forbes’ first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media. She has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardian’s Top 100 in Media List.

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There’s no cheating in the computerised version of Monopoly that goes on sale later this year. Hasbro, the maker of the game, says people don’t want to read rules but simply play. Critics say it takes all the fun of out of the game, reports Stephanie Clifford.

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Butler Ruedi Gasser gets ready for work in the Zero-Star-Hotel, which is housed in a military bunker near the town of Sevelen.

Christoph Oswald is one of the entrepreneurs behind the Swiss Fort Knox, a data farm.

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The Swiss Alps are riddled with bunkers that cost millions to upkeep. Ironically, closing them is even more expensive.

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Charif Souki, the chairman and chief executive of Cheniere Energy, built a huge terminal to import gas into the US. Now, he plans to use it to export gas as local prices tumble due to oversupply, reports Clifford Krauss.

Charif Souki, the CEO of Cheniere Energy, has seen share prices tumble as new drilling techniques have created a gas glut in the US.

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The Cheniere Energy terminal was meant to unload

30 tankers a month, but last year it only received 12.

Steve Dgat, left, and Travis Trahan, load a tanker with liquefied natural gas, also known as LNG, from the control room at the Cheniere Energy LNG terminal near Sabine Pass, Louisiana.

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Last year trade between China and Africa was estimated at $100 billion. Raw materials are exported to China and finished goods travel back.

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Style does not have to cost money. Ashwell believes a cheap work of art has as much impact as an expensive item.

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Above and left: Ashwell has expanded her product line to include home textiles; new furniture that resembles restored pieces; baby bedding and accessories; and accessory items such as chair pads and lampshades.

“I have never in my life owed a penny. I ran my company debt free for 18 years. The very concept of being a flea market shopper entails that you don’t have anything on credit.”


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The Canadian heavy machinery company Bombardier got a factory up and running in 18 months, which is a testimony to Gujarat’s business-friendly approach. The factory supplies subway cars to the New Delhi metro.

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Gujarat works hard to attract investment and often beats the challenge of other Indian states. The Tata Nano plant, which opened last year, has the capacity to manufacture 250,000 units annually.

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Wikipedia has hundreds of thousands of contributors, but less than 15 per cent of them are women. The reason why men outnumber women on the site run far deeper than Wikipedia, reports Noam Cohen.

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This illustration shows how articles on Wikipedia are grouped around certain subjects. The low number of women contributors means that some subjects lack coverage.

“According to a recent Pew survey, the percentage of all American adults who use the site to look for information increased to 42 per cent in May 2010, from 25 per cent in February 2007. This translates to 53 per cent of adults who regularly use the internet.”


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Brown is known for her energetic approach and unyielding focus on quality. According to her the new Newsweek has to be both seductive and serious.

“You have to basically make the assumption that they have absolutely no interest in you whatsoever,” she said. “There is so little attention to spare, you have to make sure that where their window of attention is open, you’re in.”

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Media analysts are wondering whether Newsweek can be turned around. Ad pages dropped 59 per cent last year.

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RIDING THE DRAGONHoi An is one of those places where you sigh with gratitude for its existence and promptly relax. Its temples, pagodas, markets, food and people ensure that you get all the best of Vietnam in one tiny place – an opinion shared by UNESCO who put it on their World Heritage List for precisely that reason, reports Hans Kemp.

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Hoi An became an important centre of commerce in the 17th century thanks to the Tu Bon river, which was navigable by big ships. Today, the river is much smaller due to siltation.

Many of Hoi An’s citizens can trace their ancestry back to Chinese traders who flocked to the trading port three centuries ago.

The Japanese Bridge is one of Hoi An’s main attractions. It is the only Japanese-style building left in the city.

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Hoi An’s market, as in every Vietnamese town, is the centre of commerce.

Hoi An’s citizens of Chinese descent hold an annual ceremony to honour their ancestors. The ‘donations’ collected at these gatherings have kept many of Hoi An’s traditional buildings from crumbling.

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Hoi An’s market, as in every Vietnamese town, is the centre of commerce.

Hoi An’s citizens of Chinese descent hold an annual ceremony to honour their ancestors. The ‘donations’ collected at these gatherings have kept many of Hoi An’s traditional buildings from crumbling.

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When it comes to getting exactly what you want, without having to lift a finger except to move it a few times over your BlackBerry keys, Indispensable is the worldwide answer. The man providing the global magic is the savvy Concetto Marletta, reports Scott Adams.

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“The high-profile guests also discovered

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Marletta is so indispensable that he has a unique working arrangement with London’s The Dorchester hotel. He has retained his role as Guest Relation’s Manager and runs his own business.


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“Such is their dedication to this remarkable man that, when he transferred in 1998 to the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Hyde Park in London, many of his clients moved with him so as not to lose his services.”

Marletta has even managed to get two seats at the Academy Awards for a wealthy client.

If you want front row seats at a Versace haute couture show in Milan, Marletta can make it happen.


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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLEEvery year, billions of empty water bottles end up in landfills around the world. The little Australian town of Bundanoon has totally banned the selling of bottled water, and the idea is catching on, reports Graham Simmons.

In Bundanoon, Australia, new-style water stations have replaced bottled water.

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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLEEvery year, billions of empty water bottles end up in landfills around the world. The little Australian town of Bundanoon has totally banned the selling of bottled water, and the idea is catching on, reports Graham Simmons.

In Bundanoon, Australia, new-style water stations have replaced bottled water.

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Bondi municipality has installed water stations all along the boardwalk of its famous beach.

Huw Kingston instigated the move to ban bottled water in Bundanoon.

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The Internet Music Score Library Project is the world’s largest free source of musical scores. Like many other similar sites, it has ignited

copyright concerns and is challenging traditional business models, reports Daniel Wakin.

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“Music publishers also suggest that the site’s warnings to avoid copyright violations amount to little more than a wink.”

Edward Guo, a former conservatory student, came up with the idea for the Internet Music Score Library Project during a bleak New England winter.

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The Internet Music Score Library Project works on the same principles as Wikipedia. It claims to have 85,000 scores.

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Children participate in a coaching session at an adiZone park in England. adiZones are developed and designed by adidas to inspire the local community to get involved in sport.

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“Inadequate planning, a change in government, severe funding cutbacks to sports organisations and an apparent overestimation of the impact the Olympics can have on mass participation have all forced a rethinking of England’s Olympic legacy.”


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LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, unveiled the Olympic rings at St Pancras station in March.

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“Physically active people may be enticed to become more active or to try a new sport, said Mike Weed, a professor of sport in society at Canterbury University. Those who were formerly active may be encouraged by the Olympics to renew their participation, he said. This is known as the demonstration effect.”

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ON PATROLThe new Nissan Patrol offers all the luxury while maintaining its solid off-road credentials. Just don’t push the accelerator too hard, reports Guido Duken.

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A Malaysian landlord was

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He lost his furniture, cutlery,

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