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Falling costs drive bricks-and-mortar renaissance in China

Narrowing online-offline price gap brings new lease of life to physical stores

  • Carlos Ghosn (16) Codifying the Nissan Way

    After the success of Nissan 180, Ghosn and his team set a course for lasting growth

  • Shipping lines pinched as fuel oil prices surge in Singapore

    Russian shift toward wider-margin petroleum products tightens supply

  • Carlos Ghosn (15) A delayed but fortuitous China entry

  • Medco Energi returns home in $3bn Indonesian acquisition spree

    Energy and mining group takes advantage of disposal of foreign assets

  • Protectionism just doesn't work anymore

    Trying to make globalization go away will only lead to a nation's decline

  • Carlos Ghosn (14) The meaning behind Nissan 180

    The first post-recovery medium-term plan set important precedents for the automaker

  • In China's Youth League, more advocacy than political jockeying

    Formidable reputation hides efforts to assist country's youth

  • Power-hungry Xi Jinping's newfound 'magic wand'

    President dreams up new state institution to crack down on corruption

  • Carlos Ghosn (13) A whole new Nissan (almost) overnight

    Saving the automaker from a sea of red took a massive effort from all involved

  • Chinese leader takes power games to elite youth group

    Xi's 'reforms' part of bid to solidify his own authority

  • When the Saudi prince met the Japanese tycoon

    Their partnership may help a nation and an industry catapult into the future

  • Carlos Ghosn (12) Mapping out a plan to save Nissan

    Seeing losses everywhere, Ghosn rejects the first X-Trail, initiates huge cost cuts

  • Trump era ushers in new challenges for venerable paper

    Washington Post keeps reinventing itself to stay relevant

  • Crony communism stirs divisions in Chinese society

    Widening wealth gap, narrow path to success build up discontent

  • The 'private' Chinese investment company with a Communist Party mission

    Politics, not profits, appear to drive China Minsheng Investment

  • Astrology predates polling, and is no less inaccurate

    If a solar eclipse can be reliably predicted, why not a mortal event?

  • Trump tempests to test Kuroda's steadying hand

    Past performance no indication of future success for yield curve control

  • Carlos Ghosn (11) Open minds and enthusiasm: Early days in Tokyo

    Cultural sensitivity and a sincere desire to fix Nissan help Ghosn break the ice

  • Banks seek new way forward amid rise of bitcoin

    Digital currencies hold key to financial sector's future