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ThinkstockGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) single greatest weakness may be its poor market share in the world’s largest country as measured by population and Internet users — China. To make matters...
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ThinkstockChina’s fresh purchasing managers index (PMI) data showed its economy has moved toward a state of stagnation, and manufacturing has moved into reverse. In the meantime, the PMI number for...
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ThinkstockIn the second quarter of 2013, 59% of privately held companies surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were optimistic about the U.S. economy. That’s up from 50% in the first quarter of...
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ThinkstockNetworking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced this morning that it would acquire cybersecurity firm Sourcefire Inc. (NASDAQ: FIRE) for $76 a share in cash, a premium of 29%...
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courtesy of KFCAccording to a report at Caijing.com.cn, China Central Television (CCTV), which in the past has exposed a number of food safety issues in China, reported over the weekend that sample...
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ThinkstockMarket prices in China soared as the Hang Seng rose 2.3% to 21,915, and H shares were up 3.9% to 9,780. Perhaps the markets sense the slow growth will yield actions by the central...
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ThinkstockFinance Minister Lou Jiwei seemed coy in his recent comments about a Chinese GDP stimulus package. There probably will not be a big one this year, but the central government plans to help...
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has trouble in some of the largest markets overseas. As its share price rockets to more than $900 and reaches all-time highs, investors anticipate that its advertising...
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courtesy of Google Inc.Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) should not be pleased at all that growth in mainland China keeps ratcheting lower to a new base. But on a day that might have been a disappointment,...
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ThinkstockWhen China sneezes, the world economy gets a cold. Likewise, when the world’s most populous country feels better, at least some parts of the global economy get well. Today, it is solar...
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Thinkstock The U.S. equity strategists at Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) who cover S&P 500 stocks with exposure to China have long argued that China’s impact to S&P earnings is mostly...
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ThinkstockChina’s economy grew at 7.5% in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. The government of the People’s Republic may not only use this rate as part of reform movements...
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ThinkstockFabless semiconductor firm Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD) and China’s Tsinghua Unigroup announced today that the two companies have agreed to a merger under which Tsinghua...
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ThinkstockWhite-hot car sales in China have slowed considerably and no longer outpace the percentage rise in the United States by much. Auto sales in the People’s Republic were up by 11.2% in June,...
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ThinkstockDespite awful economic news about its own gross domestic product (GDP) prospects, China’s Shanghai Composite rose 3.2% to 2,073. It is worth remembering that it is down 10% over the past...
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