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We noted earlier this morning that China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved a plan to spend RMB1 trillion (about $158 billion) on infrastructure projects in an effort to...
flickr/Harald GrovenChina has decided that what its economy needs is an extraordinary stimulus package. As its growth in gross domestic product drops toward what is likely to be 7% and its PMI data...
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) said today that strong demand for the Ford Focus helped drive sales in China in August higher. Ford and its joint ventures in China sold 48,631 vehicles in the People’s...
The municipal government of Guangzhou will use lotteries to lower the number of cars in the city, according to the New York Times. It is the third largest city in the People’s Republic. If the...
The crisis in the eurozone, the sluggish economy in the United States and the slowing expansion in China have taken a toll on the confidence of CEOs in the Asia-Pacific region. Results of survey by...
Organization for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentData released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed that the annual rate of inflation across developed...
New China PMI data from HSBC show that manufacturing in the People’s Republic has dropped back to levels last measured during the global recession. The numbers are an indication that China’s...
Europe markets opened up slightly up after most Asia markets closed higher by below 1%. The FTSE rose .63% to 5,747. Miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) was up over 2% as was its major peer BHP Billion...
China has clearly begun to move in the direction of a recession, even if such an event would not be defined as it is on Western terms. China’s PMI as released by the China Federation of Logistics...
Last year China took the world lead in domestic patent application filings and has set an annual goal of 2 million patent filings by 2015. U.S. patent filings totaled around 530,000 in 2011. Not only...
At least one leader of a major nation is confident the financial and economic problems of Europe will be solved. China’s Premier Wen Jiabao said he thinks the region will pull through. He admitted...
When China’s Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) made its offer of $15.1 billion to acquire Canada-based Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY), the offer quickly brought to mind Cnooc’s failed 2005 $18.5 billion offer for...
Slowing global economic growth is cutting into sales of heavy construction and farming equipment in what were the world’s fastest growing markets: China and India. The impact on U.S. makers like...
New data from industry research firm IDC shows that Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the smartphone market in China fell to 10% — or nearly cut in half — in the second quarter. Lenovo Group...
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is supposed to be a winner in the war for Chinese internet search.  But that is not going to put it in good company if the growth of China keeps slowing and if the...