In other words, if not for the pressure on Milken to plead, he stood an excellent chance at successfully asserting his innocence on the ground that his methods of doing business were entirely lawful.

FORBES: Of Pirates and Prosecutors

A. Traditionally, business in China is bound by handshakes and verbal agreements. (In the U.S., however, ) Chinese companies must provide written documentation of issues in order to comply with the law, which Chinese businessmen may find too rigid compared to their own traditional and less formal methods of doing business.

FORBES: Seven Dos And Don'ts For Chinese Investors In The U.S.

Band (Contrary Investing for the '90s: How to Profit by Going Against the Crowd) that includes a number of contrarian investment methods, such as doing the opposite of what Business Week and Fortune advise in their cover stories.

FORBES: Readers Say

It is something of an understatement to point out that, as a way of doing business, Red Hat's methods will never be as profitable as those of Microsoft.

ECONOMIST: Free software

Patents on business methods used to be a rarity, because it seemed legally preposterous to claim ownership of a way of doing business.

ECONOMIST: It was my idea