The race for cyberspace: Asian companies plan to use the Internet for marketing drives

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Asian countries and companies are scrambling to lay groundwork and implement advanced electronic technologies, largely computer-related. Fierce competition is placing a premium on sizable investment and has advanced the pace of change worldwide, with Asian markets lagging those in the US by less than a week rather than months, as previously. Specific markets may still leave room for specialty products and marketing, however. Electronics firms, schools, government agencies, and more are participating in the race.

Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Usage, Internet, Telecommunications industry, Asia, Telecommunication

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French links: patriarch's business empire reflects his passions for golf and France

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Rinji Shino turned his passions for golf and French culture, and his family's modest hot-tub business, into a $2 billion empire over his 85-year life. The 36th head of the Shino family, Japanese nobility, he created the Sennan Country Golf Club and built from there. It exemplifies his interest in France, with lamps and statuary collected there. He still visits France every year and tours his golf course weekly, but age and his daughter's Dec 1993 death have drained him, leaving the coming transition in doubt.

Management, Column, Biography, Country clubs, Capitalists and financiers, Shino, Rinji

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Bamboo brigade: mainland investors branch out, spending money and raising it

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Mainland China's investments have become more diverse in recent years, though the past months have seen a slowdown thanks to economic adjustments to prevent overheating. In all, China has invested about $5.33 billion in 4,739 overseas enterprises, some two-thirds of them trading companies, though those numbers may be low. In 1991, half of China's overseas investment was in N America, and even now some 70% of its investments are in developed regions. Southeast Asia is now seen as a natural expansion area.

China, Foreign investments, Investments

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