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Business Investment

Vetting investment: America’s gatekeeper

It’s generally only when a deal gets turned down that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) makes headlines. As such, the 12-person inter-agency group, which vets foreign-invested transactions based on national security implications, has become a figure of fear in some corporate circles. Tom Ridge, who served on CFIUS while US […]

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Business Transport & Logistics

Playing the middle man

Supply chains connecting China and Southeast Asia are changing at both the high- and low-value added ends

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Business Transport & Logistics

Margin of error: A regional statistics problem

If you were to buy a computer in, say, the US, there’s a good chance your machine will have been made in China – or at least that’s what the label will say. In truth, your computer’s microprocessor may have been made in a high-tech hub like Singapore, while its casing was manufactured in Shenzhen. […]

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Business Transport & Logistics

Power play

China’s electricity pricing and delivery systems are badly in need of reform

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Business Consumer

The hole hog

Dunkin’ Donuts is looking to push the ringed pastry to prominence in mainland China