A123: Another Test For China's U.S. Expansion Plans :: The pending auction of the battery business of A123 Systems, Inc. (OTC Markets: "AONEQ") will present yet another test for the U.S. expansion plans of Chinese companies interested in becoming global players. On October 16, A123, a Massachusetts-based company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and energy storage systems, filed for bankruptcy [...]
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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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Canada Greenlights CNOOC's Purchase of Nexen :: Last Friday, the Canadian government approved China's biggest overseas energy acquisition, a $15.1 billion takeover of Nexen Inc. (NYSE: "NXY") by CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE: "CEO"). State-owned CNOOC is China's largest offshore driller, while Nexen is a Calgary based independent energy company that operates in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and offshore West [...]
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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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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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TAIEX ends down slightly as turnover low due to holiday :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Share prices in Taiwan edged lower yesterday on anemic trading as many foreign investors were away for Christmas, dealers said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/25/365201/TAIEX-ends.htm
HTC's M7 forecast to boost Catcher's Q1 :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwanese metal casing supplier Catcher Technology Co. is likely to post better-than-expected revenue growth in the next quarter, driven by new orders from HTC Corp. of Taiwan and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), according to Morgan Stanley.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/12/25/365202/HTCs-M7.htm
Local automaker shares make gains amid Japanese investment speculation :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Auto shares rose yesterday after reports that Japanese manufacturers plan to set up lithium battery plants in Taiwan to help local automakers develop electric vehicles.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/25/365203/Local-automaker.htm
Xstrata increases PNG mine cost estimate :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - --strata has raised its capital spending estimate for the undeveloped Frieda River copper mine in Papua New Guinea by US$300 million to US$5.6 billion, as costs to develop new mines continue to escalate.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/12/25/365205/Xstrata-increases.htm
Hsinchu Science Park shows growth in 2012 output value :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The value of the goods produced by Hsinchu Science Park companies grew 2.08 percent during the first 10 months of 2012 from a year earlier despite the lackluster global economy, the park administration said yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/25/365206/Hsinchu-Science.htm
US dollar rises NT$0.008 to end day at NT$29.128 :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The U.S. dollar rose against the New Taiwan dollar Monday, gaining NT$0.008 to close at NT$29.128.
Turnover totaled about US$493 million during the trading session.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/25/365207/US-dollar.htm
German exports to rise by 4.0% next year: federation :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - German exports could grow by 4 percent next year, according to a new forecast by the DIHK federation of chambers of commerce published in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2012/12/25/365209/German-exports.htm
Deadline for stake in UK's LCH.Clearnet extended :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said Monday that it has extended its deadline for a deal to buy 60 percent of British clearing house LCH.Clearnet.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2012/12/25/365210/Deadline-for.htm
Kyrgyzstan to sell off state gas company to Gazprom :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Kyrgyzstan will sell its state gas company to Russia's Gazprom early next year, to ease a crippling energy crisis, its president said on Monday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/12/25/365211/Kyrgyzstan-to.htm
Tokyo suggests it may join talks for Pacific trade pact: newspaper :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Japan's new government led by incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested it may join a U.S.-backed Pacific-wide free trade deal, a report said Monday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/japan/2012/12/25/365212/Tokyo-suggests.htm
Chinese delivery firms urged to safeguard information in wake of security breaches :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - China's postal authorities have ordered an overhaul of the express delivery sector amid growing concerns over personal information being leaked and traded by workers.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-china/2012/12/25/365213/Chinese-delivery.htm
China's Wi-Fi in-line for massive expansion :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - China has seen rapid development in terms of wireless local area networks in recent years but the country's WLAN usage is still lagging behind many developed countries, analysts said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-china/2012/12/25/365214/Chinas-Wi-Fi.htm
Vietnam seeks economic boost with rate cuts :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Vietnam on Monday cut its key interest rates for the sixth time in 2012 in an attempt to boost an economy growing at the weakest pace in more than a decade.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/vietnam/2012/12/25/365216/Vietnam-seeks.htm
Chinese tourists begin returning to Philippines :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - More and more Chinese are coming to the Philippines again following a slowdown arising from the deepening of the territorial dispute between Manila and Beijing over the Scarborough Shoal early this year.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/philippines/2012/12/25/365217/Chinese-tourists.htm
S. Korea phone carriers fined near US$11 mil. :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - A South Korean watchdog said Monday it fined three mobile service providers almost US$11 million in total for trying to lure each other's subscribers with banned subsidies in the fiercely competitive market.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/korea/2012/12/25/365218/S-Korea.htm
London exchange trims LCH.Clearnet offer :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - London Stock Exchange PLC has reduced the value of its bid to buy up to 60 percent of European clearing house LCH.Clearnet to take into account new capital requirements being imposed by regulators.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2012/12/26/365257/London-exchange.htm
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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Taiwan shares gain ground, large-cap stocks lead charge :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange ended higher yesterday as buying focused on market heavyweights, helping the broader market break through the narrow range trading seen earlier in the session, dealers said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/26/365326/Taiwan-shares.htm
500 Hon Hai 60-inch LCD TVs sold out in 2 1/2 hours :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The 500 60-inch LCD TVs jointly offered by Hon Hai and RadioShack sold out in two and half hours on online portal Yahoo!Kimo yesterday, said Cyber 3C, the retail arm of Hon Hai.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2012/12/26/365327/500-Hon.htm
72% of CEOs pessimistic on 2013 global economy: survey :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Seventy-two percent of CEOs in Taiwan are pessimistic about the global economy next year, said CommonWealth Magazine yesterday, citing its survey on 1,000 of Taiwan's chief executives.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/26/365328/72-of.htm
TWD drops slightly amid decreasing yen :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The New Taiwan dollar dropped slightly yesterday, despite a sharper decline of the yen that many fear may trigger a new round of currency devaluations in the region, experts said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2012/12/26/365330/TWD-drops.htm
Newsweek publishes final print edition :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Almost 80 years after first going to print, the final Newsweek magazine hit newsstands Monday featuring an ironic hashtag as a symbol of its Twitter-era transition to an all-digital format.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2012/12/26/365331/Newsweek-publishes.htm
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