While the official government rhetoric up until now has shown no changes in the One Child Policy, we are starting to see experimentation in a few selected demographics, and the creation of small policy loopholes that are allowing more Chinese families to legally have more than one child.

FORBES: China's Growing Problem Of Too Many Single Men

As distributors and retailers consolidate and enhance their buying power, Cooper needs a broad product line in a few carefully selected areas to protect itself against pricing pressure.

FORBES: Attractive And Available

For research I had to do a few days ago I needed to look at the biggest companies in a number of selected economies, including Austria.

FORBES: How Google Insulted An Entire Nation

That means there may not be a mountain of gifts beneath the tree this year, but, instead, a few carefully selected items that will hold or appreciate in value.

FORBES: Style

Few of the problems would be selected for mention in print, but each correspondent would get a reply that was designed not to make things worse.

ECONOMIST: Esther Lederer, agony aunt, died on June 22nd, aged 83