China has 31 provinces and about 337 cities, but which are the best cities for business?  FORBES CHINA's city rankings are based on market size, transportation infrastructure, success in attracting private investment and other factors.

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Between May and November 2007, Hurun Report surveyed 660 Mainland Chinese US Dollar millionaires, of which 104 have personal wealth of over US$10 million. For the fourth year running, surveys were carried out on a one on one basis, making this the largest and most authorative survey of its kind in China. The survey asked respondents for their ‘Preferred Brand’ from a alphabetical list of brands in each category together with an ‘Other’ option at the end for brands not covered in the list. For the Best Overall Luxury Brand, the question was open-ended. There were no options. The winner for each category was the brand with the most votes. Results compiled by Sinomonitor International, leading market researchers for China.

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After watching the Beijing Olympics Open Ceremony live, Mr. Bill Gates went to Hong KongUniversity on 08/12/08 and gave a keynote speech “Innovating for the Next Decade”.   This was the first public speech Mr. Bill Gates gave after his transition out of a day-to-day role from Microsoft on July 1st.  During his speech, he talked about his opinions over the future of technology innovations and the four reasons that he and his wife, Melinda, endowed a foundation with more than $58 billions to support philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning.

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On July 11, 2008, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Pasadena, CA was closed by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Conservator. All non-brokered insured deposit accounts and substantially all of the assets of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. have been transferred to IndyMac Federal Bank, F.S.B. (IndyMac Federal Bank), Pasadena, CA ("assuming institution") a newly chartered full-service FDIC-insured institution. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed.