Finished an issue of BusinessWeek today. Cover Story abt Americans working long hours mainly due to useless meetings n competition. Son of HK tycoon Li Ka-Shing, Ricahrd Li, is finally succeeding in his "IT adventure" with his PCCW Ltd company by introducing broadband tv to HK. China is building another 30 nuclear power plants in the next 15yrs, spending US$50b in all, n nuclear reactor companies are fighting hard to win the building contracts with the Chinese government.
Yamaha, the Jap company, is slowly gaining in operating income after years of slump. In Russia, President Vladimir Putin is planning to spread the "oil wealth" to the society by spending at least US$4b annually over the next few yrs to improve the living of its people.Chile may be the more well off country in its region(5.7% economy growth annually for past 15yrs), but inequality n joblessness remain high.