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When China’s economy was growing at double-digit rates (was it only a couple of years ago?), the Middle Kingdom became an investment target for U.S. firms looking for growth. That enthusiasm is...
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Based on its latest earnings, Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) did well in the United States and China, its big growth markets. Or, China is a problem because growth has slowed there. The Yum! Brands...
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Chinese telecom equipment firm Huawei Technologies was not pleased with a congressional report that it is a risk to national security because its products could be used to spy on America. Huawei...
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The territorial dispute between Japan and China over a set of islands continues to hurt Japanese automakers. Their sales in China dwindled in September as trade between the two countries has...
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The Nikkei newspaper reports that Japan’s big three car makers have cut production for China by half as the two countries remain at odds over ownership of a few small islands. Toyota Motor...
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Shares of First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are down more than 8% in early trading today following a downgrade from Avian to Negative and a report that one of the components in the company’s solar...
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The number of economists and economic forecast organizations that believe Asia’s big economies will slow rapidly just increased by one — The Asian Development Bank. In its annual “Asian...
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Worldwide availability of the Internet has grown considerably in recent years. In 2011, more than one-third of the world’s population had access to the Web, up from less than one-fifth in 2006....
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Global climate change and pollution from the use of fossil fuels killed nearly 5 million people around the world in 2010, according to a report released last week by climate change advocacy group...
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Have China’s sluggish trade and PMI been caused by trouble in Europe and the U.S. economies, or did a possible year-long slowdown of China consumer confidence hurt export activity from the...
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The Chinese yuan rose to its highest level against the dollar since the modern currency began trading in 1994. At its high point today, one U.S. dollar could buy 6.2838 yuan. A year ago a dollar...
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The conventional wisdom says that China has no (or very few) users of social media sites like Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter. But that wisdom may be off the mark. Internet research firm...
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Experts continue to weigh in on what will happen to China’s gross domestic product as the world’s economic expansion slows, or even moves into reverse. The most recent opinion from an important...
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The real trouble for U.S. companies that operate abroad is supposedly sales in the European Union. Legions of public corporations with significant portions of their revenue from the region will...
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Last year, U.S. exports to China topped $100 billion for the first time. The country is now the third-largest importer of U.S. goods, behind Canada and Mexico. The total value of products being...
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