Posts tagged: china

China’s New Global Trade Role of Importer

By admin, May 10, 2010 4:05 am
Girl waving chinese flag in Beijing

China posted a tiny surplus in April, which could signal a change in China's role in world trade.

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China's New Global Trade Role of Importer originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 10 May 2010 05:05:00.

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Books@DailyFinance: Turning Scrap into Gold in the Far East

By admin, May 7, 2010 8:00 am
 In Starting from Scrap: An Entrepreneurial Success Story, Stephen Greer recounts his experience of moving to China and starting a scrap-metal business.

After failing to land a Wall Street job, Stephen Greer sought his fortune in China and found it in the business of scrap metal. He recounts his experiences, and shares some of his hard-won knowledge about developing-world capitalism, in his book "Starting From Scrap: An Entrepreneurial Success Story."

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Books@DailyFinance: Turning Scrap into Gold in the Far East originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 07 May 2010 09:00:00.

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Daily Blogwatch: Stocks I’ve Been Buying in the Dip

By admin, May 6, 2010 7:30 am

Some of the top reads for investors around the Web, including stocks that are a good buy in the dip, reasons China won't surpass the U.S. as a superpower anytime soon and the 15 worst CEOs ever.

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Daily Blogwatch: Stocks I've Been Buying in the Dip originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 06 May 2010 08:30:00.

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Corporate America’s China Expansion No Longer a Slamdunk With Investors

By admin, April 30, 2010 7:15 pm
Expanding into China and think your investors will love you for it? Think again. It's by no means a slam dunk these days. Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but now investors may be a little more circumspect, say portfolio managers.

Expanding into China and think your investors will love you for it? Think again. Investors are now a little more hesitant, portfolio managers say. Yet China is still a huge, huge market with enormous potential to make millions in revenues for a company. Why the change in attitude?

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Corporate America's China Expansion No Longer a Slamdunk With Investors originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:15:00.

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Corporate America’s China Expansion No Longer a Slamdunk With Investors

By admin, April 30, 2010 7:15 pm
Expanding into China and think your investors will love you for it? Think again. It's by no means a slam dunk these days. Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but now investors may be a little more circumspect, say portfolio managers.

Expanding into China and think your investors will love you for it? Think again. Investors are now a little more hesitant, portfolio managers say. Yet China is still a huge, huge market with enormous potential to make millions in revenues for a company. Why the change in attitude?

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Corporate America's China Expansion No Longer a Slamdunk With Investors originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:15:00.

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Baidu’s Stock Gets a $1,000 Price Target

By admin, April 30, 2010 2:16 pm

At least one analyst sees the stock price for Baidu, China's largest search engine, hitting $1,000 based on its stellar first-quarter earnings and net income growth of 165%. Part of that growth came at the expense of Google, which withdrew from mainland China in protest of that country's censorship policies.

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Baidu's Stock Gets a $1,000 Price Target originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:16:00.

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Chicken Tariffs Just a Pawn in the Yuan Valuation Battle

By admin, April 28, 2010 4:20 am
Shopping for chicken in Beijing

China is set to raise tariffs on certain chicken parts imported from the U.S., which may be as high as 31.4%.

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Chicken Tariffs Just a Pawn in the Yuan Valuation Battle originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:20:00.

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Recyclable Material: The U.S.’s Most Controversial Export?

By admin, April 22, 2010 4:40 pm

Has our recyclable waste become one of the U.S.'s biggest exports? It's definitely starting to seem that way. The U.S. Department of Commerce says U.S. companies exported $6.8 billion worth of waste, scrap paper and paperboard in 2009, up from $5.2 billion in 2005. But not all of those materials are actually getting recycled, creating a virtual wasteland in third-world countries.

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Recyclable Material: The U.S.'s Most Controversial Export? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:40:00.

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China Lubricates Its Ties With Venezuela

By admin, April 18, 2010 6:00 pm
Offshore Oil Rig

China will provide Venezuela with $20 billion in long-term financing, much of it to help the South American nation develop crude oil reserves. It's another example of how the People's Republic is soaking up energy supplies all around the globe.

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China Lubricates Its Ties With Venezuela originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:00:00.

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China’s Economy Gets Even Hotter

By admin, April 15, 2010 7:55 am
China GDP 11.9%

China's gross domestic product expanded at a greater-than-expected 11.9% in the first-quarter, heightening concerns that the world's third-largest economy may be overheating. However, inflation data is mixed, leaving economists unsure about the dangers of a bubble.

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China's Economy Gets Even Hotter originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:55:00.

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