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ThinkstockThe former Portuguese colony of Macau generates about six times the gambling revenue of Las Vegas and now a Macau-based company is going after a piece of the action. U.S.-based casino...
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Courtesy Xiaomi TechnologyFor a while there a couple of years ago, 3D TV was the next big thing with electronics manufacturers. Customers were far less enthusiastic and 3D television sets from makers...
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courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is about to be pilloried again for “ethical and legal” labor violations at the Chinese factory of one of its parts suppliers. A watchdog group called...
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ThinkstockSince late June, copper prices have been trending upward, from a low of around $3.00 a pound to around $3.30 on Tuesday. Production is estimated to be 167,000 metric tons (tonnes) above...
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ThinkstockIndependent oil and gas exploration and production company Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) announced after markets closed on Thursday that it had launched a global strategic partnership with a...
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ThinkstockFor many industries hurt by slow growth, there is China and there is the rest of the world. As consumer and business activity slows in the old world of Europe and the United States, the...
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ThinkstockQihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE: QIHU) on Monday morning reported adjusted earnings per American Depositary Share (ADS) of $0.40 on revenues of $151. 67 million for its second fiscal...
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courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCW Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) recently held what it called its “Walmart U.S. Manufacturing Summit.” One of the purposes of the meeting was to...
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ThinkstockThe world’s largest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL), reportedly has awarded initial contracts for the build-out of China’s first 4G wireless network. This is especially...
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ThinkstockA look at the charts this morning shows that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has a market cap of just under $6 billion. A privately held smartphone maker just received an investment that...
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ThinkstockThe elements that were needed to show that Europe’s economy has started to recover, and that China’s has not slowed as much as was thought during the past few months, showed up in new...
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courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is not the first American company to stumble badly in China. It will not be the last, either. China is Yum! Brands’ most important market. The company...
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ThinkstockDespite some year-over-year improvement of sales in July, China’s car market remains relatively troubled, as its sales improvement rate runs slightly behind that of the United States. As...
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ThinkstockChina’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) figure for July was weak, or modest, depending on the source, but certainly no cause for optimism about a sharp slowing of the world’s largest...
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JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) cannot inspect its suppliers in China often enough, or warn them about their future with the big U.S. consumer electronics firm enough to...
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