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Vietnam beckons for Western brokers

After six years spent trading stocks in New York and Hong Kong, Patrick Mitchell decided he had had enough. The 30... ...

Don't be a 'CI-NO'

Brian Lillie, chief information officer (CIO) at data-centre company Equinix, had a salesman with a password problem.... ...

Slashing of bankers' pay in China may lead to exodus

Jiang Jianqing, chairman of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), earned less than 2 per cent of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's compensation last year while reporting twice the profit. Instead of a reward, Jiang is poised for a pay cut. ...

Adding colour to greying US workers

Paul Eurek left his rural home in the US state of Nebraska after college for a career in technology. ...

SMEs leading the charge

Employment at US small businesses tops pre-recession levels while large firms lag behind. ...

US set to tighten scrutiny of CEO pay versus staff salary

Public companies would be required to disclose how much more their chief executives are paid than rank-and-file workers under a rule to be proposed next month by US securities regulators, according to two people familiar with the matter. ...

Indonesian 'takaful' market beckons

Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia plans to double its share of the takaful, or Islamic insurance, market in five years as it joins insurer Sun Life Financial Indonesia in forming partnerships to tap Muslim wealth. ...

Charge buoys bonus blues

Impressive second-quarter Wall Street revenue a boost to bankers and traders accustomed to annual profit plunge. ...