China Leads In Foreign Direct Investment :: For the first time since 2003, China has surpassed the United States as the world’s largest recipient of global foreign direct investment (FDI). During the first six months of the year, FDI flows to China totaled $59 billion, a slight decline from $61 billion in the first half of 2011. Meanwhile, FDI flowing to the [...]
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Opportunities In China: The Next 10 Years :: In his keynote speech at the opening of the 18th National Congress of China's Communist Party, Hu Jintao, the outgoing President of China, set a new target for economic growth, saying that China should double its 2010 GDP and per capita income by 2020. “On the basis of making China’s development much more balanced, coordinated and [...]
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China's SMEs Access The Bond Market :: As financings go, the $7.8 million of three-year bonds that Tri-Tech Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: TRIT) issued last month will not set any records for size. The significance of the financing, however, lies in the fact that it foreshadows a promising new source of capital for China's small and medium-sized private companies. According to research [...]
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Winners And Losers In China's Passenger Car Industry :: For the first 10 months of 2012, a total of 10.8 million passenger cars were sold in China, up 7.6 percent from the comparable period last year. China is now, by far, the largest passenger car market in the world, and given its size and importance, investors want to know: "Who is winning and who [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving to MTD's Readers :: Having lived in China for the past 20 years, one question I'm frequently asked is: "What about the United States do you miss most?” For my wife and me, the answer to that question is easy—the holidays. On the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or Labor Day, when everyone in the States is taking a [...]
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Get Ready For More China Overseas Investment :: All signs point to the fact that Chinese companies are gearing up to make more overseas direct investments (ODI) in coming years. Moreover, there are indications that they are likely to find more welcoming arms than they have in the past — at least in some circles. First, there’s the anecdotal evidence. Just in the [...]
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Making Sense Of China's Numbers :: With most of the world's major economies still sputtering, there isn't a day that goes by that economic and business commentators don't bring up China, and the fact that the biggest, fastest-growing economy in the world is slowing, and dampening the growth prospects for the global economy in the process. If that's not bad enough, [...]
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China's Financial Institutions Expand Overseas :: The world's beleaguered financial services industry may begin receiving much needed capital support from an unexpected source—China. Reflecting the relative strength and growth of their country's underlying economy, Chinese banks and securities firms are now following the examples of their industrial cousins and stepping up overseas expansion plans. Ever since I've been in China, the [...]
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Major Trends in China: The Next 10 Years :: As Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang take the reins of power from Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, they face many challenges, some so staggering that one wonders how they can ever be addressed. The major themes and trends that will influence the course of China's economic development over the next ten years will be defined [...]
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International Retailers Struggle in China :: In recent weeks, many of the large international retailers have announced changes in their expansion plans for China. Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the large U.S. do it yourself chain, is closing stores, as is Tesco PLC (LSE: TSCO.L), the large U.K. retailer. Even the two earliest entrants into China's retailing industry, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) [...]
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No decision on US troops in Afghanistan post-2014 :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - President Barack Obama has not made a decision about how many U.S. troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014 or the pace of a troop drawdown before that, the White House said on Monday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/australia/2012/11/28/362370/No-decision.htm
Tech heavyweights gear up for 'IT Month' :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The main pavilion of the "IT Month" exhibition this year will feature four themes: cloud computing, large-size TVs, wireless connections and identification technologies, organizers of the show said yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/11/28/362379/Tech-heavyweights.htm
Stocks up despite day-trading proposal :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan stocks only rose slightly yesterday, despite an idea proposed by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) to allow day-trading to boost transaction.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/11/28/362381/Stocks-up.htm
CAA warns airlines over foreign joint ventures :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) yesterday reminded domestic air carriers wanting to form joint ventures with foreign partners that overseas investors cannot hold a majority stake in any local airline.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362383/CAA-warns.htm
Samsung, Apple continue to lead smartphone market :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Samsung and Apple will continue to be the No. 1 and No. 2 smartphone makers in 2013, followed by Sony, Huawei and ZTE, predicted Digitimes Research yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362384/Samsung-Apple.htm
Renault to set up 200,000-vehicle-a-year China plant: source :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - French carmaker Renault is planning to build a 200,000-vehicle-a-year plant in China, but needs political support to go ahead, a source with knowledge of the scheme said Tuesday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362385/Renault-to.htm
US dollar sheds NT$0.014 to finish trade at NT$29.129 on Taipei forex :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The U.S. dollar fell against the New Taiwan dollar yesterday, shedding NT$0.014 to close at NT$29.129.
Turnover totaled US$670 million during the trading session.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/11/28/362386/US-dollar.htm
Ericsson sues Samsung for patent infringement in United States court :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung Electronics Co. for infringing its patents, saying two years of negotiations to strike a deal with the South Korean company have been unsuccessful.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362387/Ericsson-sues.htm
Hon Hai working to meet strong demand for 60-inch TVs: sources :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Demand for 60-inch televisions made by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has been stronger than expected in the Taiwan market, prompting the world's largest contract electronics maker to increase its daily production output, sources familiar with the TV manufacturing industry said yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362388/Hon-Hai.htm
Hong Kong sells HK$3.1 billion to weaken currency to hold USD peg :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank on Tuesday said it intervened in the currency market to weaken the local dollar, preventing it from strengthening past its trading peg with the U.S. dollar.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/hong-kong/2012/11/28/362390/Hong-Kong.htm
Amazon announces investment in France, expects to create 2,500 jobs :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - U.S. Internet giant Amazon said on Monday that it would open a fourth dispatch center in France with the likely creation of 2,500 jobs, as it negotiates a tax dispute with the French government.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/11/28/362391/Amazon-announces.htm
China dismisses Brazil currency proposal at WTO :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - China blamed quantitative easing for damaging emerging economies and rejected Brazil's proposal of using world trade rules to compensate for currency misalignments, during a debate at the WTO on Monday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-china/2012/11/28/362392/China-dismisses.htm
Argentina hopes to reverse billion-dollar NY debt ruling :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Argentina is refusing to budge in its billion-dollar debt showdown in New York federal court, preparing an appeal Monday that it hopes will stave off another devastating default.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2012/11/28/362393/Argentina-hopes.htm
Tokyo eyes US$10.7 bil. stimulus: report :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to approve a US$10.7 billion economic stimulus package, reports said Tuesday ahead of elections that the ruling party is widely expected to lose.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2012/11/28/362394/Tokyo-eyes.htm
Moody's says India outlook stable, stocks rise :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Global credit ratings agency Moody's said on Tuesday the outlook for India's investment grade credit rating was stable, partly thanks to high investment, sparking a jump in share prices.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/india/2012/11/28/362395/Moodys-says.htm
Rio protests against oil royalties share-out plan :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Rio Monday to press Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to veto a bill that would redistribute oil royalties in favor of non-oil producing states.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2012/11/28/362396/Rio-protests.htm
South Korea tightens limit on forex forward positions :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - South Korea announced Tuesday it was lowering the ceiling on foreign exchange forward positions by foreign and local banks, to ease currency volatility after a sharp appreciation in the Korean won.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/korea/2012/11/28/362397/South-Korea.htm
Island row hurts Japan exports, aides local real estate buyers :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - A spat over disputed islands has put a damper on Chinese sales of Japanese products from cars to cosmetics, but there is relief in one market at a fall-off of foreign buyers — real estate.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2012/11/28/362398/Island-row.htm
TSMC rated as happiest place to work in Taiwan :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip-maker, was rated in a recent survey as the happiest company to work for in Taiwan, according to the results of the survey released yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/company-focus/2012/11/29/362473/TSMC-rated.htm
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