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Issue: March 2010
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Branding
ELECTRIC DREAMS
Korean electrics giant LG hopes its style matches its substance for its European march, reports Emma Keens
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Innovation
CROUCHING TELCOS, HIDDEN DYNAMISM
In emerging markets savvy local operators are showing their Western rivals how to grow. Scherzando Karasu and Suzanne Frost report
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Hotel Reviews
THE UPPER HOUSE
HONG KONG
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Travel & Leisure
Downtime in… SHANGHAI
This year will be Shanghai’s coming-out party. When the curtain goes up on 1 May, the city will welcome some 200 nations and international organisations to World Expo 2010 Shanghai China. Over the next six months, the city expects to welcome around 70 million visitors from home and abroad. With the motto “Better City, Better Life”, the Expo will focus on the potential of urban life and emphasise innovation and cultural interaction. With so many people in town, hotel accommodation and tables at top restaurants will inevitably be tight during the Expo’s busiest periods, such as during the opening ceremony; however, as it’s spaced out over six months, most guests should be able to sample the best of what Shanghai has to offer. And though most of the city is still currently swooning underneath a massive facelift undertaken in the run-up to the Expo, there are still plenty of places to enjoy.
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Hotel Reviews
THE CROSBY STREET HOTEL
NEW YORK
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Innovation & Start-up
NEW CHAPTER, SAME OLD STORY
Th e writing is on the wall for books but not for a while, says Jonathan Margolis
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Gadgets
NO TIME LIKE THE PAST
With bling considered bad taste in the downturn, watchmakers are looking to the past for their designs. Josh Sims reports
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Automotive
A CAB REALLY WORTH HAILING
Maserati’s cabriolet nudges the Germans off the roads, says Richard Lofthouse
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Education & Development
NETHERLANDSCAPE
Kandinsky’s Winter Landscape is one of 75 paintings from the Hermitage St Petersburg on show at the Hermitage Amsterdam from 6 March
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Enterprise
WORKING SMARTER
With more than 150,000 apps available at the Apple Store alone, competition to build a successful smartphone app is fi erce. John Brandon asks two start-ups and tech experts the secrets of making it in a crowded marketplace
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Investment
SAFE HARBOURS?
Global trade is falling, economies are buckling and environmental challenges are mounting, yet investment is still pouring into the world’s ports. Colin Brown looks to the future of the industry globally while our regional correspondents reveal what we can expect from individual ports over the next few years following a difficult 2009
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Cover Story
BEARING FRUIT?
It’s a year since UK smoothie maker Innocent sold a 20% share to global soft-drinks giant Coca-Cola, so has the unlikely alliance caused pulp friction or been a sweet deal for the ethical drinks company? Jo Bowman reports.
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Technology & Telecoms
TOOLS OF ATTRACTION
Th is year, tech advances will help streamline business operations and improve customer service. John Brandon gets to grips with 12 important trends.
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Drawing Board
CORPORATE MAKEOVER
If countries were cars, which would be the fastest, the safest and the sexiest? The answers are no accident. Nations are increasingly calling on advertising agencies to rebrand them as they have done other big business. Jo Bowman reports
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Rising
THIS YEAR’S MODEL
With the recession leading some consumers to high-quality investment clothing, British designer Nigel Cabourn suddenly finds himself in vogue. Josh Sims reports
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Hotspots
Duisburg, Germany
The Rhine-Ruhr’s ‘Steel City’ is now being recast as a modern metropolis. Neville Walker reports
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Pursuits
WORKING SMARTER
Buying a suit this year? Buy tailor-made, says Josh Sims
