Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: Chinese flaws exposed as business chiefs go missing
As China’s quasi-market economy faces potentially the worst decline in two decades, the capacity of business to cope with a cyclical downturn is being brought sharply into focus. One example: the trend of executive disappearances.

Exploring the courts of Murdoch
Michael Wolff’s biography offers ‘a portrait of a new and evolving Rupert Murdoch’ that is as much a royal biography as a business study

Black Friday e-commerce spending reported edging up 1%
Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, sees a 1% gain in online shopping from last year, even as broader seasonal sales are trending down, according to ComScore.

India minister resigns in wake of attacks
India’s home minister, who is responsible for the nation’s security, has stepped down as a result of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, according to media reports Sunday, as the country begins to take stock of — and lay blame for — the strikes that killed at least 183 people and disrupted the country’s financial capital last week.

NewsWatch: Worst job losses in almost three decades expected
The upcoming November employment report is expected to show a loss of another 350,000 jobs, according to analysts surveyed by MarketWatch. A decrease of 350,000 would be the largest drop since May 1980, when more than 400,000 jobs were shed.

Citi crisis deepens as shares fall further
Citigroup’s board was locked in talks in an attempt to halt a crisis of confidence in the troubled financial services group that has seen it lose more than half its market value in three days

Redstone fields interest in cinema chain sale
Media mogul Sumner Redstone is edging towards a sale of all or most of a chain of 1,500 cinemas after receiving “active interest” from potential buyers

Wall St bulls pin hopes on year end
Equity market bears are feasting on turkey this Thanksgiving, leaving the bulls hoping there is room at the table before Christmas