经济学人166:魔法部长隐退
BUSINESS 商业报道 Steve Jobs resigns 斯蒂芬乔布斯辞职 The minister of magic steps down 魔法部长隐退 Can Silicon Valley's most disruptive firm prosper without its maker? 没有了创始人,硅谷曾经最混乱的公司会繁荣起来
经济学人167:日本招聘
Business 商业报道 Japan's hiring practices 日本招聘 Hello world 世界,你好 Japanese firms are waking up to the merits of hiring globe-trotting recruits 日本开始意识到全球范围内雇佣人才的好处了 RYOSUKE KOBAYASHI is the
经济学人168:中层管理者
Business 商业报道 Middle managers 中层管理者 In praise of David Brent 赞扬大卫?布兰特 Middle managers are not as useless as people think 中层管理者并不像人们认为的那样没有用处 IN UNDERCOVER BOSS, a British televisio
经济学人169:惠普的远大宏景
Business 商业报道 HP's grand vision 惠普的远大宏景 Aping IBM 效仿IBM HP needs to transform itself if it is to avoid becoming obsolete 若想避免被淘汰,惠普需要自我更新 WHEN the board of HP, the world's largest computer-mak
经济学人170:地质还是地理理论?
Mining 采矿业 Geology or geography? 地质还是地理理论? Miners should spread their risks across countries as well as minerals 矿业公司应用多国开采和多矿产开发以分散风险 THE past half-dozen years have been kind to miners.
经济学人171:AT&T大笔吞并受阻
Business 商业 ATamp;T's big merger blocked ATamp;T大笔吞并受阻 Tripped at the altar 功亏一篑 RANDALL STEPHENSON has no time for doubts. 兰德尔?史蒂芬森没有时间疑虑。 In March, when the boss of ATamp;T, America's second-bigge
经济学人172:埃克森险地告捷
Business 商业报道 Oil in Russia 俄罗斯石油 Exxonerated 埃克森险地告捷 Where BP failed, Exxon succeeds 英石油铩羽之地见证埃克森的成功 FOR BP it could hardly have been worse. 对英国石油公司而言,这真是糟糕透
经济学人173:海外行贿
Business 商业报道 Bookselling 售书业前景 Spine chilling 令人胆战心惊 Mass-market retailing changed publishing before the e-book E书时代近在眼前,纸书商改出版策略 SNAZZY technology is a twist in a narrative already sever
经济学人174:微软和英特尔
Microsoft and Intel 微软和英特尔 Wintel swings 微软和英特尔各觅新欢 The marriage that dominated personal computing becomes more open 强强联姻主导个人电脑市场之势日趋明朗 TOGETHER Microsoft, the maker of the Windows o
经济学人175:毕业生的烦恼
Business 商业报道 Schumpeter Angst for the educated 毕业生的烦恼 A university degree no longer confers financial security 大学学位不再提供经济担保 MILLIONS of school-leavers in the rich world are about to bid a tearful goodbye t
经济学人176:这回弄巧成拙了
Business 商业报道 Home entertainment 家庭娱乐 Netflix messes up Netflix这回弄巧成拙了 The terror of the film and television business has become a lot less scary 电影和电视业的担忧恐惧都显得微不足道 It seldom pays to a
经济学人177:公司政治献金拨云见日
Corporate political donations Lighten our darkness 公司政治献金拨云见日 There are big differences in what firms reveal about their political donations 政治献金信息披露因公司而异 IT IS not just the incestuous make-up of News Cor
经济学人178:星巴克对决卡夫
Business 商业报道 Starbucks v Kraft 星巴克对决卡夫 A double shot of discord 不合引发连环炮 The kings of coffee brawl with the monarchs of macaroni 咖啡之王对决通心粉之霸 STARBUCKS once seemed so unstoppable that the Onion
经济学人179:意大利担心最大的制造企业可能离开
Fiat and Italy 菲亚特和意大利 Arrivederci, Italia? 拜拜,意大利? Italy worries that its biggest manufacturer may leave 意大利担心它最大的制造企业可能离开 Will they drum Fiat out of Italy? 他们抗议的鼓声会让菲亚
经济学人180:芭比50年 风韵犹存
Finance and econimics 商业报道 Barbie at 50 芭比50年 In the pink 风韵犹存 The versatile pink princess has moved with the times 千面女郎 与时共进 Mulling another career change 考虑职业生涯的另一次改变 FROWNED upon by fem