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The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Tech investors learned that the hard way after Alphabet, Apple, and Microsoft missed first-quarter earnings expectations. Share prices for all three companies dropped in late April and have yet to return to their pre-earnings highs. Are the results a harbinger of poor results for the rest of technology? Credit Suisse says no.   For starters, the average tech company already reporting has beaten earnings expectations by 4.3 percent on an...

In this episode, Janet visits the centers in Thundu and Mbwetu to check on the progress kids, volunteer teachers and parents have made. Despite everyday problems of Malawians, the future seems brighter. The program is going to last four more years during which the centers should become independent. Watch the other episodes: Episode 1: http://youtu.be/9bKJFh6BzNI Episode 2: http://youtu.be/ymystUcR0ls Episode 3: http://youtu.be/Fxrg-4aMnME Episode 5: http://youtu.be/YAAH95c4Wg0 Episode 6:...

The pipe for clean drinking water has almost reached the child care center in Mbwetu. Action Aid Project Coordinator Jane Kulyeli decides to see firsthand how much strength is required to break the ground for the water pipe. Quite a few changes have taken place at the Child Care Center in Mbwetu. Staff have attended training courses and are better equipped to handle a large number of children. Watch the other episodes: Episode 1: http://youtu.be/9bKJFh6BzNI Episode 2:...

Insights on the global economy from Nouriel Roubini, Chairman & CEO, Roubini Macro Associates, LLC.

Watch exclusive footage from the Credit Suisse 2016 Emerging Markets Conference – Russia: Gloom or Bloom hosted in Moscow on 18 May. The event brought together an array of leading industry participants with 24 speakers over 4 high quality panels delivering a unique blend of insights on local markets in Russia and China.

Paper, gunpowder, the compass – China has a history of disruption that extends back thousands of years. In the digital age, however, the Middle Kingdom’s technology startups gained a reputation for quickly copying their Western peers, rather than coming up with their own world-changing ideas. All that is changing, though, and in 2016, innovation itself is increasingly being “Made in China”. China’s Internet giants are coming up with ingenious homegrown products, services, and business models,...

The headline data out of China hasn’t exactly been comforting of late. The country is grappling with the challenges of slowing GDP growth, rising debt levels, and volatile stock markets, to name just a few. But if the macroeconomic statistics seem bleak, the picture is brighter among the country’s entrepreneurial class. The quality of Chinese innovation is increasing, the funding environment is improving, particularly for early-stage companies, and the Chinese government is doing everything...

Where others see irritating problems, entrepreneurs see opportunities. Hear Credit Suisse Head of China Research Vincent Chan discuss how Chinese entrepreneurs have turned inefficiencies in commerce and finance to their advantage and what their efforts mean for the future of digital innovation in China.  

Didi Chuxing is the most successful ride-sharing company in China and recently got a vote of confidence in the form of a $1 billion investment from Apple. Hear what Didi’s Vice President of Strategy Stephen Zhu had to say at the Credit Suisse 2016 Asian Investment Conference about the state of Chinese entrepreneurship, the uniqueness of the sharing economy in China, and the biggest challenges faced by Chinese startups.  

China has long been the world’s factory, but the country’s entrepreneurs are increasingly focused on catering to the needs and wants of the Chinese people themselves. Hear Michelle Leung, founder and CEO of Xingtai Capital Management, discuss how the country’s growing middle class will shape consumption and entrepreneurship over the next decade.