"Outsourcer reaps benefits of rual India's talent" from Financial Times

" "We were trying to solve two challenges that India has - salary inflation and attrition. The goal was to go where labour is available in plenty at an affordable price," Mr Soni says.

Small cities and towns are already plugged into India's outsourcing boom, providing a steady flow of ambitious youth who come to big cities to write software code, staff call-centres, and handle data entry and processing for global clients."

"Hopes high that Prada's IPO will set the style for Hong Kong" from Financial Times

"Prada's decision last week to fire the starting gun on an initial public offering in Hong Kong - rather than Milan, London, or New York - has created a buzz among dealmakers in the Chinese city."

"Investors say the minimum requirement for a successful IPO in Hong Kong is that a company must derive a significant and fast-rising proportion of sales - or, better, profits - from the region. "You've got to have a regionally relevant story," says one investor.

"Clinton put her trip to New Zealand in the broader regional context." from South China Morning Post

" "In low-context cultures found in places such as Germany, Scandinavian countries and Australia, people are considered more explicit in their verbal messages," Kaushal says. "But in hign-context cultures, of which Japan and the mainland are prime examples, communication is perceived as less direct and there is a greater reliance on the unsaid message." "from South China Morning Post