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Chinese officials reported on Wednesday that the country's January exports were more than 10% higher than in January of 2013 and more than 4% higher than in December. But there is some doubt about...
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When fast-food giants McDonald's and Yum! Brands reported fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2013, both chains said that U.S. sales were flat at best for both periods. The main battle between...
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Baidu announced on Thursday that it will report its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for 2013 after the U.S. market closes on February 26, 2014. Hopefully nothing is wrong here, but the timing...
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ThinkstockGambling revenue growth on the Chinese island of Macau fell to its lowest level in 15 months in January, rising just 7% to $3.6 billion. The drop is attributed to slowing economic growth in...
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ThinkstockChinese New Year is starting, and the good news — and hard to believe news — is that this could help to fend off the waves of emerging market madness we have been seeing of late. That...
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Chinese manufacturing is in retreat for the first time in six months, according to HSBC. The purchasing managers' index, which tracks manufacturing activity in workshops and factories, fell from a...
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A donkey meat recall earlier in January at some Walmart Chinese stores has resulted in the company's adoption of tighter controls on its Chinese suppliers. Walmart will begin DNA testing of the meat...
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No automotive manufacturer has ever produced 10 million cars in a year. That is until Toyota did it in 2013. The news cements the impressive comeback Toyota has made from quality problems and the...
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There is a rumor that the iPhone 6 will be partially solar-powered, which would represent a next generation of smartphone technology. However, the rumor may only carry the hope of the Apple faithful...
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ThinkstockWhen emerging trends start to slow, they look like they are dying. That may not be the case in Macau, but lower growth rates in China and emerging market panic is spooking the gambling...
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ThinkstockWhen Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan said to avoid emerging markets in 2014, many investors and market participants thought that the firms were merely sticking to a 2013 trend for too long....
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Tesla Motors is planning to make a splash for itself in China, but how it is going into China is raising eyebrows elsewhere. This is one of those scenarios that comes with great opportunity, as well...
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Whatever the cause of last Tuesday's disruption of Internet access in China, the effects continue to be felt early Friday morning as stock prices in the country's largest Internet stocks continue to...
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ThinkstockYou have heard of Internet outages before from time to time, particularly in the first ten years the public was using the Internet. But what about a large Internet outage affecting massive...
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Although recent speculation had Dell interested in acquiring IBM's low-end server business, it was Lenovo that won the prize. The Chinese personal-computer maker has agreed to pay $2.3 billion.
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