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"Where is Noah’s ark to save human beings?": can Chinese companies, like BKD, transform renewables?

December 23, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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BYD's e6 electric car

Great companies have a purpose that goes beyond making money. Google wants to organize the world’s information. Walmart seeks to save people money so they can live better. The Walt Disney Co. tries to make people happy. (Or at least it used to; Disney’s current mission statement is a bunch of gobbledygook.) Purpose matters. It’s a big... [read more]

Buffett’s Chinese electric car company

April 13, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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If you think the American auto industry is in trouble now, just wait until the Chinese learn how to make great cars. And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week. BYD is an amazing company. It was started by a chemist and government... [read more]