Global Sources Ltd announces the impending retirement of chief information officer (CIO) Bill Georgiou at the end of January 2012. Peter Zapf, 42, the company’s current chief operating officer (…
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China’s Li Ning loses 3 executives
Three executives of Li Ning Co. have left the Chinese sports-apparel maker, potentially testing the company’s plans to grow overseas and at home.
Guo Jian Xin, COO, Fang Shih Wei, chief marketin…
S Korea police end Hyundai strike
South Korean police have broken up a strike at a car parts factory which was threatening the country’s car industry.
More than 3,000 riot police moved in to disperse protesters at the Yoosung En…
Walmart China’s CFO, COO resign
Walmart’s business in China has hit an unexpected bump with the sudden resignation of two senior executives at a time when it is facing increasing competition in the country.
The world’s l…
How to keep your staff engaged
In a time of skills shortages, businesses are doing all they can to retain good staff. While many business owners believe employees decide to leave because they’ve been offered more money somewh…
Tesco Japan boss takes group strategy role
Tesco has appointed the CEO of its Japan operations as its new group strategy director.
Michael Fleming, who was the grocer’s Japan boss for three years, started back in the UK at the beginning …
HMV appoints group IT director
HMV, which on Friday sold bookseller Waterstone’s for GBP53 million (USD85m) , has appointed Debbie O’Shea as group IT director.
O’Shea will take up the position at the end of J…
China recruiting gets harder
As foreign companies increase their presence in China, some are finding that local companies’ growing success is making it harder to attract Chinese managers.…
HK unemployment rate edges up to 3.5pc in Feb-Apr
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate picked up for the first time in nearly a year in the February-April period, on the eve of the implementation of the new statutory minimum wage in May, signalling th…
Woolworths sacked 8 plankers for safety breaches at work
Eight Woolworths staff were fired for serious breaches of health and safety guidelines, and not for planking [Ed: planking is the practice of balancing on dangerous objects high off the ground], the A…