Issue: September 20, 2012 (Archive)

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Soft focus
Growing up surrounded by women likely gave Stephen Shiu Ding-yat a keen understanding of the female psyche, inspiring his diverse and successful careers - from promoting plastic surgery at his dad's beauty parlors to soft porn movies.

Privileged spies and frequent travelers
Actor Daniel Craig, who will once again feature as British agent 007 in the upcoming movie Skyfall, carries a real passport under the namesake James Bond issued by the British Home Office to give some authenticity to the successful movie franchise. His real life counterparts may not enjoy such privilege.

Smooth take-off
A surprise visit from Santa Claus on board a plane in his childhood inspired Augustus Tang Kin-wing to pursue a career in the aircraft industry that has now spanned three decades.

More questions than answers
Central bankers who traveled to the wilds of Wyoming to figure out if more policy action was needed to curb stubbornly high unemployment heard powerful arguments on both sides of the debate, and leave with many questions unanswered.

Risk factor
Bernard Charnwut Chan has always been portrayed as a politician rather than a businessman. He has even been tipped to be a future chief executive candidate.

Dialing victory
In a relatively homogeneous market of mobile operators, Douglas Li is considered a maverick. He is confident that his vision, SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings (0315), will be both different and successful.

All that glitters really is gold for mainland
The recent Libor-gate scandal has created a huge stir in the financial community. Banks - perhaps in collusion with central banks - have manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rates.

Cut out for lending
Shi Zhijun may not look like Marlon Brando but somehow he reminds you of The Godfather.

Right pick?
Barack Obama often gets slammed for his stewardship of the US economy, but for stock investors he's been one of the best presidents since World War Two.

Mall King
Mastering oriental culture and occidental management skills are key to running the 100 outlets of CapitaMalls Asia (6813), says chief executive Lim Beng-chee.

Topped up
From Visa to Octopus, Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong has always played his cards right.

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