Businessweek

News - Global Economics

• Investors Flee Egypt as Violence Spreads

  The hope of the revolution has given way to despair, crime, and vigilantism

• Poland's Small Exporters to the Economy's Rescue

  As the economy slows, Soviet-era entrepreneurs stay in business

• China's Next Crisis Lurks in Shadow Banking

  Some $5.86 trillion in unsupervised lending hangs over the economy

• Have Credit Unions Become Stealth Banks?

  Once mom and pop operations, some have billions in assets

• Seven Days

  Events of note in the week ahead

News - Companies & Industries

• 'Defiance': Syfy's Ultimate Transmedia Adventure

  The network's aliens-on-earth series is a real-time marriage of a TV show and a video game

• KFC Loses Its Touch in China, Its Biggest Overseas Market

  Diners' appetite for the Yum! Brands chain is waning on the mainland

• Mercedes Revamps the S-Class to Lure China's Wealthy Buyers

  Back-seat luxury puts Mercedes in the driver's seat for China sales

• The Dutch Monarch Gets a Brand Makeover

  For Willem-Alexander's inauguration as king of the Netherlands, design firm Koeweiden Postma developed a logo based on his monogram

• Company News: Sony, Retailers, Danone, 85 Broads, Monsanto

  Activist investor Daniel Loeb wants to break up Sony; Walmart’s response to Bangladesh; and more

News - Politics & Policy

• Will Workplace Wellness Screenings Under Obamacare Improve Health?

  Wellness programs are supposed to cut costs and make employees healthier. It's not clear they do either

• Canada Looks to Lure Away Skilled U.S. Workers

  The Canadian government is fast-tracking visas for skilled tradesmen like plumbers and electricians

• California's Prison Factories Falter as Inmate Population Falls

  The state's once-thriving inmate work program struggles to find customers

• The Federal Government Learns to Love Twitter

  Washington gets all casual with the public on social media

News - Technology

• YesVideo Moves Home Movies From Old Formats to the Cloud

  The digital conversion company wants to become a kind of premium YouTube

• China's Alibaba Makes Its Move Against Google's Android

  The mainland's e-commerce kingpin pushes into the mobile OS market

• Zynga Alums Launch Game Startups to Battle Zynga

  Defectors build mobile games to outflank their former employer

• How Fast Does Your Phone Lose Value?

  What outmoded mobile phones are worth

• Spain's Santander, the City That Runs on Sensors

  The Cantabrian capital's digital nervous system cuts costs

• Innovator: Greg Raleigh's Zact, Pay-as-You-Go Custom Wireless

  Smartphone service customers can easily customize

News - Markets & Finance

• Facebook Struggles to Satisfy Investors About Mobile Earnings

  One year after the IPO, questions remain about the company's ability to target mobile users

• For Sale: Vacation Condos With a Nazi Past

  A 10,000-room complex on the island of Rügen is recast as beachfront condos

• Zombie Lehman Stalks Nonprofits for Swaps Payments

  The failed bank seeks added payments for derivatives contracts that were unwound after it filed for bankruptcy

• Japan's Investment Banks Love Abenomics's Stimulus

  Companies rush to issue stocks and bonds as markets boom

• M&A News: Actavis, Verizon Wireless, Commerzbank, Itau Unibanco, China Galaxy

  A generic drugmaker rejects a rival’s bid; Verizon Wireless’s $7 billion dividend; and more

Focus On Enterprise

• Campus Cooks Aims to Supply Good Food to Greek Houses

  The food service company's mission: swap sloppy Joes for calamari and satay in frat houses and sororities

• Yale Startup GoBlue Offers a Tobacco Cessation App

  Quit-smoking apps get hot in a $1 billion market

• After Birchbox, the Sample Box Bubble

  A look at some of the subscription-box imitators that have popped up in the wake of Birchbox's success with beauty samples

• North Dakota's Shale Boom Brings Opportunity for Women

  The state's labor shortage lights a fire under female wages

• LaborVoices, Labor Link Help Workers Report Sweatshop Factory Conditions

  Mobile phones may be the most potent weapon to fight abuse

• Small to Big: Kenny Lao, Rickshaw Dumpling Bar

  A New York restaurant deals with a cash crunch