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ThinkstockThe HSBC China PMI flashed a surge to 51.9 in January based on its preliminary measure, with any number above signaling expansion. The final count for December was 51.5. The figure...
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ThinkstockOil industry information firm Platts reported today that Chinese demand for crude oil rose 7.7% in December 2012 to an average of 10.58 million barrels a day, the highest on record. The...
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ThinkstockThe conventional wisdom is that the first drop in China’s work force in memory is part of a trend that will undermine its growth rate. Whether that is true depends almost entirely on how...
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thinkstockThe International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its monthly forecast for crude oil demand growth in 2013 by 235,000 barrels a day, from a prior estimate of 865,000 barrels a day to 930,000...
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ThinkstockChina posted a GDP growth rate of 7.9% in the fourth quarter of 2012, which is either the fastest rate in two years, or, based on the annual measurement, the slowest in 13 years and the...
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thinkstockCrude oil futures topped $96 a barrel earlier today, the highest price since last September. Rising prices follow today’s reports on new jobless claims and new housing starts, both of...
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ThinkstockToday’s announcement from CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that it will convert its outdoor advertising business into a REIT and seek buyers for the foreign properties owned by the company could...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. will soon become the world’s second-largest economy according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Measured on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis, China will...
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ThinkstockThe China Internet Network Information Center reports that the number of people in the People’s Republic who are online has reached 564 million, which means it will soon be double the...
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ThinkstockThe pollution in Beijing has forced the government to strongly suggest people stay inside. Reuters reported that air quality was so bad “pollution (was) 30-45 times above recommended...
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ThinkstockThe theory about the success of large global car manufacturers has been that as they lose sales ground in Europe, China should more than make up for the drop. The U.S. market has been...
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ThinkstockIn another sign that China not only dodged the worst of the recession, but that its impressive growth has accelerated as many other major nations continue to suffer economically, the...
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ThinkstockWhen the Chinese government’s National Development and Reform Commission announced yesterday that it will add 10,000 megawatts of solar capacity in 2013, today’s jump in solar stocks be...
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ThinkstockThe Hong Kong-based subsidiary of MGM Resorts International Inc. (NYSE: MGM) has received approval from the government of Macau to build a second casino and hotel on the Chinese-controlled...
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ThinkstockOne of the premier brands in the newspaper business is the Financial Times, owned Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), and when the company’s CEO announced her retirement last October, there was some...
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