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Chinese state media reported Monday on a mass brawl among up to 2,000 workers at a Foxconn plant in Taiyuan, in Shanxi province. Foxconn’s Taiwanese parent company Hon Hai said in a statement that...
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“China bashing” has become the rage in the no. 3 and no. 1 nations as measured by gross domestic product. The People’s Republic’s already strained relationship with other large nations has...
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Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) announced this morning that it had received a notice from the NYSE that the company has failed to meet the exchange’s criteria...
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Manufacturing activity in China stabilized in September after hitting a nine-month low in August, a survey of factory managers showed. HSBC/Markit China manufacturing PMI flash estimate for September...
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In an odd reversal of fortune, shares of stocks in what was the hyper-hot growth market of China have sold off sharply recently while the recession-plagued markets of the developed world are up. As...
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Recent data from Pew Research shows that most Americans want the United States to get tough with China on economic issues such as the trade deficit, job losses and the amount of U.S. debt held by...
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Solar panel maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) this morning reported a second-quarter net loss of $2.00 per American depository share (ADS) on revenue of $235.4 million. In the same period a year...
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It may seem nearly impossible to believe, based on China’s poor PMI data and slowing GDP growth rate, but one expert in the People’s Republic expects economic expansion to pick up again. Outside...
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The $15.1 billion offer from China’s state-controlled Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) for Canadian-based Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY) is currently being reviewed by the Canadian government, with a decision...
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Looks like China’s economic slowdown has claimed another victim. Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) said today that it will close its remaining seven big-box stores in the People’s...
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A report that the Chinese government is about to reduce the number of licensed rare earth miners in the country by 40% has given North American-based miners a nice boost today. The report is cited at...
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We tracked the short interest in the following North American solar companies: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC...
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AppleOne of the questions that came out of the unveiling of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 is whether it can help the company’s flagging fortunes in China, the largest wireless subscriber...
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courtesy of BaiduWhile Chinese Internet search company Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) slipped in early trading, its competitors Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), SINA Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) and Youku Tudou Inc....
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courtesy of BaiduBaidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) counts among the best foreign stocks Americans can own. The Chinese search engine remains a proxy for the phenomenal growth of the Internet in the...
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