Emerging markets investors would be wise to look at the growth in sub-Saharan Africa.
by Bill Powell, contributor
FORTUNE - Scanning the global economy for hot spots and opportunities, most business executives, no matter where they are, usually think first about China and India, the two biggest and most rapidly growing of the so called BRICs (though as one participant at the Fortune/TIME/CNN Global Forum, which concluded today in Capetown said, "you MORE
Jun 28, 2010 2:01 PM ET
Other luxury car makers, listen up: in the heedless pursuit of technological one-upmanship, you sometimes lose sight of the driver.
To put it more bluntly: Slipping behind the steering wheel shouldn't make you feel as if you are climbing into the cockpit of a space shuttle.
The driver should feel his nerves soothed because he has entered a world designed expressly for his comfort and enjoyment. At the same time, his senses MORE
Jun 28, 2010 11:34 AM ET
Oil executives and climate change activists alike want to curb the world's addiction to oil, but finding a realistic and effective solution is the challenge.
by Nina Easton, senior editor at large
FORTUNE - It's June 2050, and the Gulf Oil spill -- still ranking as America's biggest environmental disaster ever -- is four-decade-old news. If you were graduating college when BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank, spewing a daily dose MORE
Jun 28, 2010 10:45 AM ET
Speakers at the Global Forum discuss China's growing influence around the globe, while discussions of the U.S. and Europe are filled with worry.
By Bill Powell
This is supposed to be the Fortune/TIME/CNN "Global Forum," but some of the delegates could be forgiven if they come to believe it's really the "China in Africa" forum.
The Chinese are everywhere here in Capetown, and on virtually every panel, China's growing influence MORE
Jun 27, 2010 9:09 AM ET
Technology leaders and entrepreneurs are tackling some of the biggest challenges in emerging markets at the Global Forum conference in South Africa.
by Jon Fortt
Land Rovers and cell phones can bring banking to the rural poor in Kenya. Through text messaging, a willing workforce in East Africa is helping Google to tag YouTube videos. And a focus on efficiency has led doctors in India to perform more than MORE
Jun 27, 2010 8:37 AM ET
Chrysler showed the latest iteration of its flagship vehicle to its northeast dealers and the media on Thursday at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The Grand Cherokee lives up to its advance notices. It is based on components from the Mercedes-Benz ML, so you know it is solid. The wheelbase has been stretched five inches so there is more room in the backseat. And it features a MORE
Jun 25, 2010 12:25 PM ET
With a six-cylinder engine and a refined exterior, BMW's Seven-series returns to the U.S. with a new attitude.
With BP's well still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, energy policy and the importance of fuel economy are on everybody's mind.
Automakers are ahead of the curve on this topic, as they race to meet strict mileage standards coming due in 2016.
The new standards weigh especially heavy on makers of German luxury MORE
Jun 17, 2010 1:48 PM ET
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation's billionaires to pledge to give at least half their net worth to charity, in their lifetimes or at death. If their campaign succeeds, it could change the face of philanthropy.
Flying cross-country in March, Bill Gates stopped in Omaha to lunch near the airport with Warren Buffett at a Hollywood Diner, giving it a small place in MORE
Jun 16, 2010 7:00 AM ET
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