In selecting AIA Group Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Tucker as its new chairman, HSBC Holdings Plc has gotten the right guy. Let’s hope the bank’s rather insular culture gets him. To understand why HSBC has gone outside its fold for the first time in its 152-year history, take a look at AIA’s profitability. The insurer’s stock has more …

  It’s never smart to keep hungry people waiting for their food. They turn ‘hangry.’ No one has mastered this idea better than Chinese takeout restaurants, which have put a premium on speed ever since they emerged in the 1800s. That’s when a wave of Chinese immigrants came to the US and opened up cheap and cheerful restaurants catering to …

DUBAI / Reuters Gulf stock markets were mixed on Tuesday with a retreat by Shuaa Capital helping to dampen Dubai while the success of the Kuwait government’s debut international bond issue buoyed that market. The Dubai index fell 0.9 percent as Shuaa dropped 4.2 percent. It had risen more than 18 percent to a seven-year high in the previous two …