http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/ 2007-11-09T03:16:41-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/hk_disneyland_t.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Execs from Disney and the Hong Kong government are admitting the obvious: Hong Kong Disneyland, the joint venture they launched in 2005, isn’t exactly a smashing success. Yesterday Disney’s CFO said that the House of Mouse is giving up on... Tourism bruce_einhorn 2007-11-09T03:16:41-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/why_bernankes_w.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Call it the Bernanke effect. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's warning that U.S. growth could "slow noticeably" hit Japanese stocks like a ton of bricks, sending them to a three-month low on Nov. 9. Leading the pack of losers for... Consumer Electronics kenji_hall 2007-11-09T01:10:38-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/toyotas_op_earn.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Yesterday's contrasting results announcements once again highlighted the huge earnings gulf between Toyota and GM. For the six months through September, Toyota's operating earnings rose 16.3% to $11.2 billion, while GM posted a huge $39 billion loss. But perhaps even... Auto ian_rowley 2007-11-07T19:38:41-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/samsung_faces_e.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Samsung is no stranger to legal battles. In recent years, the South Korean conglomerate has been brought to courtrooms, accused of patent infringements or price fixing for its products such as liquid crystal display panels and memory chips. Yet this... Consumer Electronics moon_ihlwan 2007-11-06T19:52:01-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/time_for_mushar.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech A reader from Lebanon wrote in to ask about Pakistan: What does Musharraf have to do with the US’s policies in Asia? Is he really a dictator? What will become of him? Good questions. Musharraf has nothing to do with... Politics manjeet_kripalani 2007-11-06T07:05:11-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/prius_sales_yet.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Car sales, if not profit margins, in China are flying this year and Toyota, which is on track to smash an annual target of 430,000 units, is among the biggest beneficiaries. Just don't expect too many Prius hybrids on the... Auto ian_rowley 2007-11-05T01:34:38-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/11/toyota_tops_50.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech It's been a long time coming but auto sales in Japan have, at least temporarily, stopped falling. Auto sales, excluding mini vehicles, rose 2% to 269,221 in October, the first monthly rise, year-on year, since June 2005. Predictably, Toyota takes... Auto ian_rowley 2007-11-01T01:53:02-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/alibaba_envy_in.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech With Alibaba’s $1.5 billion IPO – the biggest ever for a Chinese Internet company - scheduled to start trading in Hong Kong next week, some people in India are feeling understandably envious. Writing in the Economic Times, Ajay Jindal says... Internet bruce_einhorn 2007-10-31T03:53:36-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/youtube_china_c.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech If you're in China and you want to watch something on YouTube, good luck. Google's video service has been on the blink in China, possibly another victim of Beijing's Internet police. In mid-October, Chinese Internet users found they couldn’t get... Internet bruce_einhorn 2007-10-29T02:33:12-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/happy_taiwan_re.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Today used to be a public holiday in Taiwan, marking the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945 and the return of the island to China. Reunification with the mainland only lasted four years, of course, but for decades afterwards... Politics bruce_einhorn 2007-10-25T05:41:34-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/toyotas_earning.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Toyota's ascent to becoming the world's biggest automaker isn't a forgone conclusion, but don’t expect the company’s execs to be sweating. Sure, the latest data, released yesterday, show that GM has regained the lead over Toyota in the battle to... Auto ian_rowley 2007-10-22T21:27:48-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/chinas_internet.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Google has confirmed that the search giant’s Chinese service was out of business for parts of last Thursday and Friday. “We’ve had numerous reports that Google.cn and other search engines were inaccessible in China last week,” says John Pinette, Google’s... Internet bruce_einhorn 2007-10-22T04:58:06-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/sonys_asset-lit.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech It's no coincidence that Sony's decision to sell its production line for the high-powered Cell chip to Toshiba comes so soon after a cut in the price of its PlayStation 3 videogame console. By transferring control of the chip-making facility,... Consumer Electronics kenji_hall 2007-10-18T10:19:08-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/a_management_gu.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech You've probably never heard of Francis McInerney. He's the 57-year-old managing director of New York-based consulting firm North River Ventures and the author of several books on business. McInerney also happens to be the guy who made "velocity of cash"... Consumer Electronics kenji_hall 2007-10-16T09:55:27-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2007/10/turning_up_the.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_asiatech Opposition on the anti-Communist right is building to the proposed investment in 3Com by Huawei Techologies, the Chinese network equipment maker run by a former officer in the People’s Liberation Army. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Cuban-born anti-Castro GOP congresswoman from Florida,... Telecom bruce_einhorn 2007-10-15T04:48:04-05:00