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* Shanghai spot prices in premium, demand still lukewarm * LME copper may rebound to $7833/T - technicals * Coming up: US jobless claims, weekly; 1230 GMT (Adds details, comments; updates prices) By Rujun Shen SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - London ...
(May 16, 2012, Reuters)
By Bloomberg News on May 16, 2012 China will start a trial next week that will allow brokerages to borrow stocks for clients wishing to conduct short selling, the China Securities Journal reported. Brokerages can also borrow money on behalf of clients ...
(May 16, 2012, BusinessWeek)
Yuan forwards strengthened, rebounding from a four-month low, on speculation policies to stimulate China's domestic demand will help the world's second- largest economy withstand Europe's debt crisis. China will lower lenders' reserve requirements ...
(May 16, 2012, Bloomberg)
By JEREMY PAGE And LINGLING WEI BEIJING—In early February, Bo Xilai, then Communist Party chief of Chongqing city, visited a military complex in Kunming, some 400 miles from his political base. It was home to the 14th Group Army, a direct descendant ...
(May 16, 2012, Wall Street Journal)
By Jasmine Wang on May 16, 2012 China Postal Express & Logistics Co., the nation's biggest courier, is seeking 9.98 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in an initial public offering as it struggles to keep pace with a domestic delivery market growing 20 ...
(May 16, 2012, BusinessWeek)
McDonald's Corp. (MCD), the world's largest restaurant chain, will hire 70000 people in China this year, almost doubling its workforce there, as it accelerates new store openings in the Asian nation. On May 20, all 1400 McDonald's stores in China will ...
(May 16, 2012, Bloomberg)
BEIJING — The futuristic building — with two leaning towers linked with a 90-degree twist at the top — has attracted much controversy since the day its design debuted a decade ago. Now, it is ready for occupation by China's staid state TV ...
(May 16, 2012, Washington Post)
By Angela Moscaritolo China Mobile, the world's biggest telecom carrier, is currently in talks with Apple to offer the iPhone, the company's new chairman told shareholders Wednesday. Bloomberg is reporting that China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua told ...
(May 16, 2012, PC Magazine)
BEIJING — In a rare sign of open opposition against two of China's most powerful leaders, a group of retired Communist Party members have called for the resignation of the country's security boss, Zhou Yongkang, and a top propaganda official, ...
(May 16, 2012, New York Times)
By Nadja Popovich China's radical blue-sky measures during the 2008 Olympics actually improved Beijingers' cardiovascular health -- if only for a few weeks. In 2008, the Chinese government conducted one of the largest real-time environmental ...
(May 16, 2012, The Atlantic)
SHANGHAI — Renewable energy companies around the world are awaiting a decision Thursday by the US Commerce Department on whether to impose anti-dumping tariffs on solar panels imported from China, as a little-noticed policy shift by the department ...
(May 16, 2012, New York Times)
BEIJING — Ye Xiaogang, artistic director of the Beijing Modern Music Festival and one of China's leading contemporary composers, is a quicksilver personality who laughs wryly, exudes determination and likes to dress in black. Just back in Beijing from ...
(May 16, 2012, New York Times)
* Sina posts smaller loss than street view * Shares rise 7 percent in after-hours trade * May see more operating losses on higher Weibo investment * Overall online ad market seen as soft By Melanie Lee May 15 (Reuters) - Sina Corp sounded a bearish ...
(May 15, 2012, Reuters)
SEOUL (Dow Jones)--South Korea's national pension fund, the world's fourth-largest, said Wednesday it plans to seek approval from China early next year to increase its investments in yuan-denominated Chinese stocks, as part of plans to diversify its ...
(May 15, 2012, Wall Street Journal)
The former head of US counter-espionage says the Harper government is putting North American security at risk by allowing a giant Chinese technology company to participate in major Canadian telecommunications projects. In an exclusive interview in ...
(May 15, 2012, CBC.ca)
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