February, 2007
China: Executive Stock Options Becoming More Common
While favor for stock options in the United States has been declining in recent years, it is a relatively new phenomenon with rising popularity in China. In the past, state-controlled firms that were listed domestically were restricted from issuing stock options to their employees. When the government loosened these restrictions in early December 2006, many
large companies set up plans hastily.

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January, 2007
German Companies Planning to Hire in 2007
German companies like Continental and Adidas plan to hire and increase spending in 2007 as profits rise, helping Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, to keep growing after it enjoyed its fastest expansion in six years. Executives at 18 of the 26 German companies that participated in an annual survey said that they expected earnings to improve.

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December, 2006
Multinationals in China Seeking Localization to
Reduce Costs of Expat Packages
A survey of expatriates working in China finds that, in an effort to avoid costly compensation packages, multinationals are turning more and more to foreigners already in the country and to Chinese returnees.

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November, 2006
Multinationals Increasingly Shifting to Centralized
Benefits Structures
A growing number of companies with global operations are shifting to more centralized compensation and benefits structures to help ensure that their employees and executives around the world share the same incentives, according to a recent survey.

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