In an age when nearly any corner of the shrinking globe can supply culinary-cultural paradoxes galore, it's still an eye-opener to realize that the most internationally renowned "Hunanese" dish substantially originated on East 44th Street about 30 years ago ("General Tso's chicken," at the former Peng's Restaurant).
As a result, Beijing must import a whopping $100 billion in base metals every year, consuming 25percentt of the globe's supply in the process.
The globe-straddling supply chains that fuel our multinational world sometimes throw up some curious juxtapositions (think coltan, the mineral that goes straight from Congolese informal mines into your shiny new smartphone), and this is one of the most telling.
Entrepreneurs need to travel the world to check on far-flung operations, organise globe-girdling supply chains and comply with a plethora of legal and regulatory systems.Talk to any budding entrepreneur and you soon discover, too, that local cultures matter.
A small band of skeptics view today's record prices as evidence that oil supplies have peaked — that half the globe's oil supply has already been used up.
Tour operators think Saudi Arabia might have something rare to offer, given the globe's dwindling supply of exotic destinations.
With continuous-flow manufacturing, drug companies could manufacture drugs in small plants scattered around the globe, offering greater supply flexibility.
As the highly contagious respiratory disease that began in China continues to spread, its impact on business activity is stretching from Hong Kong around the globe, disrupting complex supply chains and forcing industries from airlines to banking to adjust their operations.
A18 Illness Hampers Commerce As the highly contagious respiratory disease that began in China spreads, its impact on business activity is spreading from Hong Kong around the globe, disrupting complex supply chains and forcing industries to adjust operations.
As a result, the Guardian understands Heineken is currently being forced to manage and supply Globe without receiving any payment – and is potentially obliged to continue doing so for more than 20 years under the terms of the capital structure.
