Will The Chinese Buy A Tesla? :: Will the Chinese buy A Tesla? The management of Tesla Motors, Inc. (NasdaqGS:TSLA) certainly hopes so. At the Detroit Auto Show, Tesla announced its plans to open a dealership in Beijing — its first store in China — this spring. George Blankenship, the company’s vice president of worldwide sales, said the store will house an [...]
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Smithfield and Shuanghui: Two Pigs in a Blanket? :: It may not be the oldest profession in the world, but pig production has to be up there in terms of history. China has been producing pigs for more than 2,000 years, well before the United States was even a gleam in the eyes of the Founding Fathers. So, how can the largest pork producer [...]
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Chinese Carmakers Go Global :: You may not see Chinese cars in showrooms in the United States, Germany or Italy anytime soon, but you're liable to see them everywhere else you travel. While emissions, safety and quality requirements in the most developed countries of the world may be too difficult for China's local car makers to overcome in the near [...]
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The Reality Of Electric Cars In China :: Everyone is excited about the potential for electric cars in China — except the companies actually making cars in China! At the Detroit Auto Show in January of this year, Tesla announced its plans to open a dealership in Beijing — its first store in China. George Blankenship, the company's vice president of worldwide sales, [...]
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Managing an Empowered Work Force in China ::   By now, many people have heard of Chip Starnes, the 42-year-old CEO of Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, who was held for six days against his will in the company's suburban Beijing factory. Starnes has appeared on CNBC Squawk Box, Bloomberg and countless other news shows, and the story of his "detainment" has been covered [...]
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Apple: Another Lesson on What Not to Do in China :: Sometimes, too much success in China can create its own set of challenges. Ironically, the very success that Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS: AAPL) has had selling its products to Chinese consumers may be at least part of the reason why the Cupertino, California company found itself at odds with the powers that be in China in [...]
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Shale Gas: China's Untapped Resource :: When I met recently with a senior investment officer from China Investment Corporation ("CIC"), the country's sovereign wealth fund, I was told that CIC is very bullish on the United States. Why? In CIC's opinion, the existence of large shale gas reserves in the U.S. will provide a massive shot in the arm for the [...]
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Feeding China's Population :: Food — providing enough of it at acceptable levels of quality and at an affordable cost is shaping up to be one of China's most challenging problems. Lax quality control, production shortcuts, urbanization and rising consumer spending are all combining to turn the spotlight on China's food supply chain, creating problems, but also opportunities, for [...]
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China's Car Sales Surge — Again! :: After respectable — but low for China — growth of 7.7 percent in 2012, car sales surged by 21.6 percent during the first quarter of 2013. Even more surprising was the fact that sales of Chinese brands increased even faster than the overall market. Sales by the local car companies increased by 33.6 percent during [...]
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Toyota hopes huge training facility will avoid future recalls :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Toyota is opening a training facility for mechanics complete with a test course that simulates 13 driving conditions including cobblestones and bumpy roads as part of the automaker's efforts to avoid a repeat of its recall fiasco.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384498/Toyota-hopes.htm
Philips posts three-fold jump in profits for second quarter :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Dutch electronics giant Philips on Monday reported a three-fold jump in net profit for the second quarter, boosted by demand for smart lighting, household appliances and health care equipment.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384499/Philips-posts.htm
Senior execs appear to have broken Chinese law with bribes: GSK :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that some of its executives in China appeared to have broken the law as part of a major bribery scandal that has ensnared the British drugmaker.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384500/Senior-execs.htm
Brighter economic outlook for United States gives hiring a lift: survey :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Companies are increasingly confident the U.S. economy will grow at a modest pace over the next year and are hiring more, according to a survey of business economists.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2013/07/23/384501/Brighter-economic.htm
US natural gas industry routinely fixing state roads they themselves damaged :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Natural gas companies fixed or are repairing at least 413 miles of state roads in Susquehanna, Wyoming and Wayne counties, mostly damaged by their heavy trucks, a Times-Tribune review of state Department of Transportation records shows.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2013/07/23/384502/US-natural.htm
Emerald miner Gemfields rakes in US$31.5 million at Lusaka auction :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Emerald miner Gemfields PLC said it sold a little over half a million carats of rough stones at its first high-quality emerald auction in Lusaka, Zambia, raking in US$31.5 million.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384504/Emerald-miner.htm
Bahamas Petroleum says OK given for exploration licenses' extension :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Bahamas Petroleum Co. PLC said the Bahamas environment ministry had extended the company's five exploration licenses by a further three years and that it was continuing farm-out talks with interested parties to raise money to begin drilling an exploration well.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384505/Bahamas-Petroleum.htm
Germany, Estonia the only eurozone countries to cut debt in first quarter :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Europe's biggest economy Germany and tiny Estonia were the only eurozone countries which reduced their public debt in the first quarter of this year.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2013/07/23/384506/Germany-Estonia.htm
Fierce smartphone competition predicted :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Australian brokerage Macquarie Securities yesterday warned that smartphones makers might have to make some downward adjustments to their price tags due to the shrinking demand for high-end phones.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/23/384508/Fierce-smartphone.htm
Oil stays under US$107 after home sales in United States suffer decline :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Oil marked time below US$107 a barrel Tuesday after U.S. sales of previously occupied homes fell and traders awaited a weekly report on America's inventories of crude.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/24/384518/Oil-stays.htm
China Autos Speeding Ahead :: China's overall economy may be growing slower than expected, but don't tell that to China's auto makers. Unit sales for the first six months of 2013 grew by an amazing 17 percent to 7.8 million. That's more than twice the rate of overall economic growth projected for China in 2013. The World Bank's latest forecast [...]
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Taipei unveils Housing Index gleaned from transaction data :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The Taipei government yesterday released the first ever Housing Index, compiled with data from the actual transaction price system that was launched last August.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2013/07/24/384594/Taipei-unveils.htm
DRAM maker Nanya reports Q2 income of over NT$1.6 bil. :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Memory maker Nanya Technology Corp. (南亞科) yesterday reported its operating results for the second quarter, recording after-tax net income of NT$1.676 billion, up twofold quarter-on-quarter.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/24/384595/DRAM-maker.htm
German firms optimistic about Taiwan :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The majority of German companies operating in Taiwan are optimistic about the country's economy this year, with two-thirds expecting to meet their sales targets and see double-digit sales growth, the German Trade Office Taipei said Tuesday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/europe/2013/07/24/384596/German-firms.htm
3C firms gear up for 2013 app show :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The 2013 Taipei Computer Applications Show, set to open on Aug. 1, will feature products from 200 computer, communication and consumer electronics companies, organizers said on Tuesday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2013/07/24/384597/3C-firms.htm
TAIEX ends above 8,200 on electronics rebound :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Shares in Taiwan closed above the 8,200-point mark on Tuesday after the bellwether electronics sector staged a strong technical rebound after recent sell-offs, dealers said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2013/07/24/384598/TAIEX-ends.htm
US dollar closes at NT$29.920 on Taipei forex :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar on Tuesday, shedding NT$0.015 to close at NT$29.920 as a rally on the Taiwan stock exchange boosted demand for the local currency, dealers said.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2013/07/24/384600/US-dollar.htm
Industrial output down more than 4.6 percent in June: MOEA :: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - The June industrial production index registered at 99.45, a 4.67-percent decrease from May, according to a report released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia-taiwan/2013/07/24/384601/Industrial-output.htm
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