16 December 2013
Last updated at 09:08 ET
A cut above
Inside the Chinese scissor maker that has been in business for 350 turbulent years
Start-Up Stories
- Start-up stories around the world
- How a love of colour bred success
- How a seaweed obsession paid off
- How bees drove one firm's success
- Basketball 'taught me to be team player'
- Entrepreneur who likes starting over
- Si Shen: Rebuilding PapayaMobile
- Leah Busque: Taskrabbit's early days
- Programming vs people
- Bringing philanthropy to China
- Business of blockbusters in China
- The business of massage parlours
African Dream
- African Dream: Entrepreneurs' stories
- Putting the Bang! into business
- Open window gave restaurant lift-off
- Malawi designer's colourful dreams
- An eye clinic with a long vision
- Why being a blind music producer helps
- South Africa’s hi-tech tour operator
- Ghana black is still beautiful
- African coffee champion takes on Uganda challenge
- The woman who took on Zimbabwe's security men and won
- Galloping to success in a Kenyan riding school
- Ethiopian shoemaker takes great strides
My Business
- My Business: stories from around the globe
- Making low-cost sanitary towels
- Nepalese airline taking off
- My Business Asia: Touring Taiwan
- Putting the best foot forward
- Finding paradise in retirement
- Selling Thai fitness online
- Indonesia's beauty magnate
- Running a newspaper in Burma
- My Business: Passion for online fashion
The clothing firm that saw sales skyrocket
Personally connecting with customers
Entrepreneurs 'are not gamblers'
Work-v-life balance
Keeping it in the family 
Qatar's small business stock market-
Outsider job
Expatriate businesses in the Middle East
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Sounding the alarm
The company hit by copycat producers
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Savvy shops
Selling what customers really want
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Catastrophic success
The clothing firm that found it was too popular
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Married to the job
One couple's mission to find a better work/life balance
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Brazilian bravado
The secret of a successful family business.
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Running a business: Your questions answered
Members of the BBC's panel of business experts answer the first two readers' questions.
Programmes
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World Business Report
The big global business issues that affect consumers, investors and the environment
Business Daily
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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