Compensation

Transparency Reveals Super-SalariesBy Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – According to the Brazilian constitution, public servants may not earn abo…

Switzerland backs curbs on executive pay – TelegraphUnder the initiative, companies listed in Switzerland would also no longer be able to pay so-called "golden hellos" and "golden parachute…

Bill for disclosure of executive compensation not yet passedSupporters argue that South Korean companies should make the compensation info public as a move toward economic democratization By Lee Wa…

Wealth and Power Lists

Forbes China 30 Under 30: Meet 30 Young Entrepreneurial Disruptors In China – ForbesLong gone are the days when China’s Internet pioneers such as Jack Ma could be labeled young. The 48-year-old e-commerce titan, who ranks…

Prince Alwaleed the world’s most powerful ArabSaudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed has topped the Arabian Business Power 500 for the ninth consecutive year. The Kingdom Holding chairman too…

REVEALED: 100 most powerful Arab women 2013Cover Story McDonald’s has become one of the region’s biggest success stories, with a staggering 900,000 customers a day eating at its 36…

Alwaleed challenges Forbes over his billions – ZawyaBy Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson One of the world’s richest men is in dispute with Forbes, the publisher of an annual list of the world’s big…

Billionaires Big at China’s Annual Political ConclaveEuropean Pressphoto AgencyAusterity is in at this year’s legislative gatherings in Beijing.So are billionaires.The main event on China’s …

Art Collections

Art guru Guelman sees new prospects for Russia’s marketThe rarified atmosphere of Russia’s art market in the ’90s was highly lucrative for a few select artists, but political and economic chan…

Special Reports

FT.com / Special Reports / The New BrazilThe New Brazil: analysis of the country’s economy, politics, agriculture and more

India’s Internet opportunity – McKinsey Quarterly – High Tech – Strategy & AnalysisIn This Article India has about 120 million people online today-just 10 percent of its population. By 2015, however, there will be more t…

India may see internet boom by 2015 – reportAlready the third-largest online user base in the world, India has the potential to double its economic contribution from the internet in…

International Research Tools

Never Forget a Useful Phrase Again – Introducing Phrasebook for Google Translate – Google Translate BlogThursday, March 14, 2013 | 2:19 PM Your knowledge of a language is largely determined by how well you can say the right things at the rig…