Wal-Mart Looks to Gain Ground in Asia – The Wall Street Journal.

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Wal-Mart Looks to Gain Ground in Asia

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U.S. Tightens Grip on Telecom – The Wall Street Journal.

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U.S. Tightens Grip on Telecom

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In World of Big Stuff, the U.S. Still Rules – The Wall Street Journal.

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In World of Big Stuff, the U.S. Still Rules

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This Man Wants to Clothe the Planet – The Wall Street Journal.

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This Man Wants to Clothe the Planet

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Video – Once-Dominant Japanese Electronics Firms Now Lag Behind Apple, Samsung – WSJ.com

Smartphones are now playing center stage in the consumer-electronics world, not only delivering staggering sales growth, but also cannibalizing sales of digital cameras, portable game machines and other strongholds of Japanese electronics.

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Cnooc to Buy Nexen for $15.1 Billion – The Wall Street Journal.

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Cnooc to Buy Nexen for $15.1 Billion

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Why Estonia Is a Start-Up Nation – The Wall Street Journal.

Why Estonia Is a Start-Up Nation

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Estonia is the 132nd-smallest country in the world by land mass, yet it produces more start-ups per head of population than any other country in Europe. It has a population the size of Copenhagen but has one of the world’s most advanced e-governments.

What is it about this former Soviet state, with an obscure language and unenviable weather, that produces so many start-ups?

Of the 20 finalists in January’s Seedcamp, an entrepreneur-mentoring program, four were Estonian—including the eventual winner, GrabCAD, a social network for engineers which has 10% of the world’s mechanical engineers registered.

According to Antti Vilpponen, CEO and cofounder of ArcticStartup, a site that follows entrepreneurship in the region, Estonia has three things in its favor: political leadership, the success of Skype, and its culture.

Samsung is Yang to HTC’s Yin – The Wall Street Journal.

Samsung is Yang to HTC’s Yin

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In the yin-yang world of Asia’s smartphone companies, Samsung Electronics 005930.SE +1.36%is all light and positivity. Taiwan’s HTC is increasingly shrouded in darkness.

On Thursday, HTC’s share price plunged nearly 7% after it slashed second quarter guidance by 13%. Shares in Samsung, 005930.SE +1.36%in contrast, jumped more than 5%.