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The US Trade Representative has taken its case challenging China’s imposition of an anti-dumping duty on US-made automobiles to the World Trade Organization (WTO). At stake is more than $3 billion...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) today lowered its main policy rate to 0.75% in a move that was widely anticipated by the market. The rate cut sets the bank’s lending rate below 1% for the first...
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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, announced a surprise cut to its benchmark interest rates today. This is the second cut in a month, and underscores just how...
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The HSBC China Services Purchasing Managers’ Index dropped to a three-month low as the June figure came in at 50.6 down from 51.9 in May. A number under 50 shows contraction in the manufacturing...
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Shares of Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) are up nearly 30% today and other coal companies are tagging along. James River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC) is up almost 9.5%, Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is up...
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The Chinese government has increased its planned installation of solar energy projects by 2015 from 5,000 megawatts to 21,000 megawatts. And at least one analyst expects the total to climb to more...
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Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has done a better job of fending off all of the freemium games and cheap online games compared to other publishers. Its World of Warcraft and other...
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As auto manufacturers like General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) anticipate worse losses in the Europe market, their managements and investors continue to look to the crowded China market for...
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It’s hard to say that things got worse for solar panel makers today, but it’s easy to say that things did not get better. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) reported results the first quarter today...
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Earlier this month Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) withdrew its appeal of a decision by the Chinese government that denied the company a permit to construct a new casino on property it had leased...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the most valuable company in the world and it is one of the most widely followed companies as well. Investors and traders often hinge on every word from analysts as...
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An asset sale to a Chinese buyer would not be a first for Chesapeake Energy Co. (NYSE: CHK), but if a reported deal does happen, it would likely be the largest such deal the beleaguered gas company...
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The HSBC measure of China’s PMI for June showed that the nation’s manufacturing sector slowed again, and may be in for a period of deep trouble. The drop in the index created a string of eight...
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Chinese solar PV maker JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) reported results for the company’s first fiscal quarter today, and the results were not pretty. The company, once positioned as a...
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In March the US, the European Union, and Japan filed complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO) accusing China of violating free trade rules by limiting exports of rare earth minerals which...
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