Week In Review US-listed online media company SINA (SINA US) announced on Monday it had received a privatization proposal from an entity controlled by Chairman and CEO Charles Cao for $41 a share versus Thursday’s close of $36.67.

Supporting entrepreneurs can take many forms from grants to providing access to capital and from expanding their networks of mentors and peers to providing training that addresses both hard and soft skills.

More than $1.1 Million in prize money will be award to outstanding female entrepreneurs

Reddit has sent diapers and other baby goods to a New Jersey family struggling to provide during the government shutdown.

Here are stories about infectious disease and global health that caught my attention in 2017.

Mixing business with purpose.

A woman pushes her dogs in a pram at the Shanghai International Pet Expo in Shanghai on March 18, 2016. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) “I love my dogs so much they basically take up most of my time,” says Shanghai native Huang Yuwen. “My life revolves around them.” Although eight months pregnant, the [...]

I love shopping. I'm also a marketer and digital geek. I’m the target demographic for the Pinterest Buy Button, which launched on June 2. Many of us were waiting with bated breath to see how the giant social network of images will use its Buy Button to “transform” shopping as we [...]

I didn’t see the tiny danger lurking in my own yard. Yet for Lyme disease awareness month, just ended, it seems I am learning experientially. I’ve had Lyme at least once before, and found three attached deer ticks on me just in 10 days. I may have had Lyme a [...]

This week’s New England Journal of Medicine weighs in on the growing trend of treating appendicitis with antibiotics alone, rather than urgent surgery. I’ve seen this trend—in fact, at one hospital where I worked last year, the surgeons were extraordinarily hesitant to take a variety of patients to surgery, strongly preferring [...]

Too often great ideas don’t get traction because the speaker failed to articulate the idea persuasively. Take the time to tell the story behind your idea and why what you offer is different than what's currently in the marketplace.

Surviving a hospital stay is no mean feat, especially given staffing cuts and changes in practice patterns over recent years. I’ve just spent the past week in Iowa helping my 90 year old aunt* navigate the system. I honestly don’t know how someone without a knowledgeable and assertive advocate survives, [...]

Forbes China Best CEOs List compiler Samantha Mu Earlier this year I exchanged with China Europe International Business School professor Anthea Zhang about the growing numbers of women serving as board members of listed companies in China. (See post here.) A similar trend of rising success is apparent on the new list [...]

Here's the full list of China's best CEOs published today by Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes: (Click here for a list overview in English) (Click here for a link to Forbes China's list package) 1. Hong Qi, China Minsheng Banking 2. Tsai Eng-Meng, Want Want China 3. Dong Mingzhu, Gree Electric Appliances 4. [...]

AIG is now looking to expand its Asian operations and recently invested $500 million in People's Insurance Company (Group) of China. The company is planning to launch a joint venture with PICC in China to enter one of the biggest markets in the world.

With most of China's largest insurance companies going public, Jack explains how China's insurance industry has grown so fast, so quickly.