... groups, with a sixth undergoing retrofitting.
China doesn’t have a single aircraft carrier. It hopes to have one by 2020.
For years, the U.S. has spent more on defense than the rest of the world combined. ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2.
China Shocks Oil Market
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... the week.
But there’s something else that may shock the market. China is wrapping up negotiations to begin drilling for oil in U.S. territory. According to Qatar’s The Peninsula, “the ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
After a strong year of car sales, China 's auto industry may be looking at a slower 2010.
The Chinese government passed a multi-billion dollar stimulus program this year, giving consumers a tax cut ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
"[China has] built more factories, shopping malls, condos, roads and bridges than could ever be put to good use, even assuming a dramatic upswing in global growth... Growth in actual wealth has dramatically ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently raised its forecast of China ’s year-on-year economic growth to 8.2%. This surpassed the 8% goal set by China ’s central government. The ADB claims that the Chinese ...
Friday, October 09, 2009
On a day that the United States purposely crashed two rockets on the moon, China opted for its own meteoric launch by sending shares of its largest index up 4.8% today. The Chinese returned from their ...
Friday, October 09, 2009
7.
No Recession in Chindia
(Matching tags: Ryan Cole,BRIC Countries,Gross Domestic Product (GDP),China Investments,India Investments,Recession,Emerging Markets)
... In both China and India – along with other developing markets – the recession hasn’t hurt GDP growth, despite falling exports. China ’s GDP is expanding at a 7.9% clip, according ...
Monday, October 05, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Since the China lco-Rio Tinto scandal, relations between Chinese and Australian mining companies have been… shall we say… bipolar?
Rio Tinto (RTP:NYSE) backed out of a $19+ billion deal in order to enter ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
10.
U.S. Trade War
(Matching tags: G-20,Auto Industry,Taipan Insider,China Investments,Sandy Franks)
... However, as the U.S. imposes a 35% tariff on Chinese tires, global cooperation may turn out to be a title only.
In response, China threatened a ban on U.S. imported chickens and auto parts. According ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Contributing editor Archie Bayvel in Sydney ...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
... Ford Motor Co. unveiled a made-in-India compact car and flagged expanded production in China as it seeks to boost sales in Asia, a region the U.S. automaker has hardly dented but is counting on to drive ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
13.
Dollar Down, Asia Up
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... running at $1.548 trillion this year, and will shoot up to $11 trillion over the next decade.
According to Yahoo Finance:
China , the largest foreign owner of U.S. Treasury securities, has not ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
14.
U.S.-China Trade Dispute
(Matching tags: Taipan Insider,United States,China Investments,Sara Nunnally,Tax Reform,Trading Industry,Economic Growth)
... Mark Drajem reports, “Obama said Sept. 11 that he will impose duties of 35 percent on $1.8 billion of automobile tires from China , acting on a complaint by the United Steelworkers union that surging ...
Monday, September 14, 2009
... leaders, while the Korean Kospi did manage a tepid 0.3% gain.
However, all eyes were on the China Shanghai Composite, which ended the session up 1.7%, following a strong 4.5% bounce on Thursday. The ...
Friday, August 21, 2009
... Cnet News:
First Solar has signed a memorandum of understanding with China to partner on a 2,000-megawatt power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.
If and when completed, it will be one of the largest ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
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Global Hopes Burst by China Bubble
Written by Sara Nunnally, Senior Research Director, Taipan Publishing Group
On Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, the Shanghai ...
Friday, September 04, 2009
... 138%. The online gaming company is based in China .
Well, now investors will get another chance at a similar offering as Shanghai-based Shanda Games Limited has filed to go public.
Founded in 2001 ...
Friday, September 04, 2009
Emerging markets stocks and bonds have gained as China 's Shangha Composite Index jumped 4.8%.
From Michael Patterson, Bloomberg:
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks, bonds and currencies ...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
... Motors says its sales in China are surging, putting that country on pace to have up to 12 million new GM vehicles on the road by the end of the year.
GM Tuesday said August sales in China jumped almost ...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
... as China ’s economic recovery isn’t 'sustainable,' former Morgan Stanley Asian economist Andy Xie said.”
Xie added, “The market is in deep bubble territory.”
Perhaps; ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Stocks plummeted last night in China with the Shanghai Composite losing 6.7% to 2,667.745 as investors headed for the exits following more talk about tighter credit lending standards. The sell-off marked ...
Monday, August 31, 2009
... lower on
Monday, dragged down by a 6.7 percent tumble in China which sent
nervous investors into the yen, while an historic opposition
victory in Japanese elections also gave the currency a boost.
...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Oil and gas producer PetroChina will increase its refining capacity by 2017 in its efforts to become a major global refiner.
From Sui-Lee Wee, Reuters:
HONG KONG, Aug 28 (Reuters) - PetroChina (0857.HK), ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Mobile operator China Unicom is partnering with Apple to sell the iPhone in China , the world's largest mobile phone market.
From BBC News:
Mobile operator China Unicom has signed a deal with Apple ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
... leaders, while the Korean Kospi did manage a tepid 0.3% gain.
However, all eyes were on the China Shanghai Composite, which ended the session up 1.7%, following a strong 4.5% bounce on Thursday. The ...
Friday, August 21, 2009
27.
Canadian Dollar Rattled
(Matching tags: Gary Dorsch,Brazil Investments,China Investments,Canada Investments,Currency Investments,Emerging Markets)
... giants, - Brazil, China , India, Russia, and Korea, (BRICK) to become the locomotives of global growth. With China and India leading the way, the notion of decoupling, - emerging markets advancing faster ...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Following a big drop in China 's market, global markets started downward Wednesday morning.
From Carlo Piovano, Associated Press:
LONDON — World markets sank Wednesday as investors were spooked by sharp ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
What is it about September and October that makes Mr. Market lose his lunch? Hard to say, but crash season is upon us – and China is a major warning sign.
Today we’ll open with good news and bad news ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Posting second quarter economic growth of 3.3%, Hong Kong seems to be over the recession.
From Bettina Wassener, The New York Times:
HONG KONG — Hong Kong climbed out of recession in the second quarter, ...
Friday, August 14, 2009
The World Trade Organization ruled to end China 's restrictions on U.S. entertainment media
From CNN:
(CNN) -- The United States hailed a World Trade Organization ruling to open Chinese markets and ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009
For the past five years China has been locking up its oil supply by signing long-term loan agreements for oil with Brazil, Russia and Indonesia. It is also buying outright every oil producer it can ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
... world are still linked by way of the classic customer-vendor relationship. Emerging market countries like China (especially China ) cannot yet stand on their own two feet without the help of substantial ...
Friday, August 07, 2009
Not long out of bankruptcy, GM sales in China hit 144,593 for July, GM's best July China sales ever.
From Patricia Jiayi Ho, CNN Money:
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GM) said Monday its ...
Monday, August 03, 2009
... – Brazil, Russia, India and China – that are entering the list. In the past quarter-century, the center of wealth creation has steadily moved away from the United States and toward new foreign ...
Friday, July 31, 2009
China 's swelling economy has many similarities with the U.S. economy of 2007, causing some to wonder if China 's bubble will burst.
From Paul R. La Monica CNN Money:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Is the ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
... "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" that China has concerns about its U.S. investments .
"As a major reserve currency-issuing country in the world, the United States should properly balance and properly ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
President Obama called the relationship between the United States and China the most important of the century.
MarketWatch reports Obama saying, “The relationship between the United States and China ...
Monday, July 27, 2009
39.
This Ain't 1982
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... fifth, we’d all be drunk.” – Unknown
It looks like investors are breaking out the party hats.
In China , Bloomberg reports that nearly half a million new trading accounts were opened in the past week. ...
Friday, July 24, 2009
The story of the global economy over the past 10 years is that China used an artificially low currency, the yuan, to sell goods to the U.S., which used artificially high liquidity to buy them. The Chinese ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Though China 's stock market has a $3.2 trillion value, compared with the U.S. market's $11.2 trillion value, Mark Mobius says China 's market might surpass the U.S. in three years.
From Francine Lacqua ...
Monday, July 20, 2009
... the world.
In the last few days, the China National Petroleum Corp. signed a deal with BP to develop an oil field in Iraq, and made an offer to buy the Argentinean division of the Spanish oil firm, ...
Friday, July 17, 2009
... been taking advantage of this year’s low oil prices to step up their buying of oil fields around the world.
In the last few days, the China National Petroleum Corp. signed a deal with BP to ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
China 's first cross-border yaun transactions represent a significant step away from dollar dependency.
From Denis McMahon, Dow Jones Newswires:
SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)--China formally allowed the use ...
Monday, July 06, 2009
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Three Ways to Profits From China ’s Shopping Spree
Written by Sara Nunnally, Senior Research Director, Taipan Publishing Group
It’s no secret… Even in this ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), demand for cell phone technology will stay strong, especially in emerging economies such as China and India.
The ITU report, which recently ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
It isn’t the Russians or Chinese who Dollar Holders should worry about…
China wants a new world reserve currency. It is sick and tired of being forced to peg its currency to the perilous U.S. dollar. ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
China has remained strong in its endeavor to buy commodities. For instance, recent reports show China ’s gold reserves have increased to more than 1,000 tons, with the fifth-largest reserves among ...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
While China continues to voice concern over the U.S. dollar, other countries are getting a boost from the country’s need to fulfill its internal consumer demand.
Last year, China and New Zealand reached ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
On the heels of Rio Tinto’s (RTP:NYSE) sudden change of heart, backing out of a $19.5 billion deal that would double state-owned China lco’s stake from 9% to 18% of the company, China is receiving a lot ...
Monday, June 29, 2009
