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People: Chinese love BMWs 25/10/2011

John MacLean, the chairman of Shandong-focused soya sauce group China Food Company, explains why the company has recently launched a luxury soya sauce brand, ‘Xaka’.

Tags: Chinese food business, Chinese growth story, Chinese luxury items, Investing in China

Sector: Food Producers

Companies: China Food Company

People: Kollywood dreams 25/10/2011

Venkat Somasundaram, the chief executive officer of South Indian film house Photon Kathaas, is keen to explain some misapprehensions over the region.

Tags: Film business, India's growing population, Rise of Asia, South Indian market

Sector: Media

Companies: Photon Kathaas Productions

People: Hirsch loves Russia 25/10/2011

Glyn Hirsch, the chief executive officer of Russian property developer Raven Russia is unsurprisingly bullish on the BRIC constituent.

Tags: BRICS, English in Russia, Investing in Russia, Russian property

Sector: Real Estate

People: Back from the brink 25/10/2011

German entrepreneur Carsten Brinkschulte, not so long ago hailed as a pioneer of mobile communications synchronisation and the first successfully to deploy a client server synchronisation based on an open industry standard, has had at least one of his corporate ambitions thwarted.

Tags: German entrepreneurs, Mobile business, Technology on AIM

Sector: Mobile Telecommunications

Companies: Synchronica

People: Ford recruits new partner 25/10/2011

Recruitment specialist Stefan Ciecierski is teaming up with City veteran Ken Ford to create a new force in business services.

Tags: Financial sector, Recruitment business, Working in Hong Kong

Companies: Nakama (formerly Highams Systems Services)

People: Harebottle seeks fresh pastures 25/10/2011

Entrepreneurial South African Ian Harebottle is looking for new assets around the world for diversified emerald producer Gemfield.

Tags: Business in Souther Africa, Coloured stone desposits, South African businesses

Companies: Gemfields

People: Another coup for Cyril
25/10/2011

Cyril Ramaphosa’s transition from leader of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers, anti-apartheid fighter and secretary-general of the African National Congress to boardroom tycoon has become even more complete with the latest deal between London-quoted platinum miner Lonmin and Shanduka Group.

Tags: African conglomerates, Black empowerment in South Afric, Investing in South Africa

Companies: Lonmin , Lonrho Africa , Pan African Resources

Mining’s M&A revival 25/10/2011

Bids and deals, actual and potential, are once again the talk of the mining sector. Robert Tyerman reports

Tags: Business in Africa, Business in Portuguese-speaking, Gold miners, Mining sector

Sector: Mining

Companies: London Mining , Avocet Mining , Centamin Egypt , Cluff Gold , Metminco , Ncondezi Coal Company , Patagonia Gold , Triple Plate Junction , BHP Billiton

Emerging Britain – Learning Japanese lessons 25/10/2011

Gerard Lane, investment strategist at Shore Capital, looks at technology and markets outside the UK for potential growth opportunities

Tags: Austerity in the UK, Lerning from the Japanese, Macro economics

Companies: Diageo , Savills , British American Tobacco , Millennium & Copthorne Hotels , Kalahari Minerals , Beacon Hill Resources , Aminex

Going for gold 25/10/2011

While the London Olympics are generating jobs and helping to regenerate East London, the feel-good factor is also likely to buoy the fortunes of several listed companies. Miles Nolan investigates

Tags: Investing in East London, Miles Nolan, Profiting from The Olympics

Companies: Augean , Aggreko , Interior Services , GB Group , T Clarke , Eckoh , Cohort , Pivot Entertainment , G4S , Tandem

In the Hot Seat by Miles Nolan 17/10/2011

Fast-growing broker finnCap owes much of its success to the tireless efforts of chief executive Sam Smith

Tags: Broking divisions, Raising money on AIM, Women in business

Sector: Financial Services

Companies: Lansdowne Oil & Gas , Litebulb (formerly Ila Group) , Silverdell

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman 17/10/2011

World financial crises and recent wobbles in gold, copper, oil and other commodities have not stifled entrepreneurial spirits in the sector. But it will pay to be alert and take decent profits, when appropriate.

Tags: Commodity business, Conducting business in the DRC, Investing in Romania, Take profits

Companies: Victoria Oil & Gas , New World Oil And Gas , African Potash , Strategic Minerals , Regal Petroleum