American Manufacturing costs Have Almost Equalled China

You don’t need to a Nobel Prize in economics to know that the fracking revolution has been good for the U.S. What’s not so well known is just how competitive cheap oil and gas has made American manufacturing. BCG, the Boston consultancy, estimates the average cost to manufacture goods in the U.S. is now only 5% higher than in China

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Chinese Smartphone Manufacturers Bet on Cricket, Bollywood to Conquer India

China’s smartphone makers are drafting in cricket teams and Bollywood stars to conquer India, their largest overseas market and a key testing ground for their international expansion, as they try to rebrand as more than just sellers of cheap handsets. Xiaomi Technology – the fast-growing No. 3 global smartphone maker valued at $45 billion after a December funding round –

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Emerging World Drives Cheap Smartphone Boom

Phone and Internet firms are rolling out cheaper handsets and may turn to hot-air balloons to boost network coverage in developing countries, where sales of smartphones are booming. Even though mobile network coverage is generally weaker in the developing world, firms are mining a gold rush of new clients in China, India and beyond, as smartphone demand slows in the

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Make It Clear He’s Cool With China

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg isn’t just learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. He also seems to want the gatekeepers of China’s Internet to know he’s learning about their governing philosophy — and even may be spreading it. Lu Wei, the Chinese Internet czar who heads a censorship system that keeps many popular American sites — including, of course, Facebook — out

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