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Bloomberg - 8 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese investors who lived through a decade of deflation and recessions say U.S. Treasuries are a bargain even with yields at about the lowest levels since at least the 1960s.
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The State News - 15 minutes ago
One of the most significant people involved in the U.S.’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China shared his thoughts with students Friday morning on U.S-Chinese trade and what the future holds for both countries.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 15 minutes ago
Asia's small, open economies are caught in the crossfire of a tussle between the United States and China over whether the yuan should strengthen against the dollar to fix the lopsided global economy.
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Washington Post - 25 minutes ago
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.
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Bloomberg - 27 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sands China Ltd., the Macau unit of billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company, may raise as much as HK$26 billion ($3.4 billion) in a Hong Kong initial share sale, said three people familiar with the matter.
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Bloomberg - 27 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have significant price changes in Hong Kong trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are as of the last close.
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The Sierra Vista Herald - 32 minutes ago
No descr Tiger Woods of the United States acknowledges the spectators after he finished the 9th hole during the HSBC Champions golf tournament at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Woods finished at 12-under. ( AP Photo/Andy Wong) Tiger arrives Down Under, GLF read more
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Bloomberg - 41 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China Merchants Securities Co . plans to raise as much as 11.1 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in an initial share sale in Shanghai.
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INO News - 42 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has ended higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day losing streak in which it had given up more than 500 points or 2.3 percent in the process.
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Bloomberg - 43 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co.’s planned theme park in Shanghai will do little to help open China’s media industry to overseas companies as the communist government restricts films, television and the Internet, analysts said.
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Triathlete / Inside Triathlon - 47 minutes ago
Matt Chrabot stepped onto the top step of an ITU Triathlon World Cup podium for the first time in Mexico with an impressive victory in the Pacific coastal town of Huatulco. Crossing the line in 1:57:22, the US national champion held off Ruidi Wild from Switzerland to take the win with compatriot Jarrod Shoemaker in [...]
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INO News - 56 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - The winning streak for the Chinese stock market has stretched to six sessions now, adding nearly 200 points or 6.5 percent en route to a three-month closing high.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 0 minutes ago
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China’s imports of refined copper will “sharply decline” in 2010 from this year as demand growth slows amid high stockpiles, said an analyst at Beijing Antaike Information Development Co.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
Construction worker Li Fuxing had been in the wealthy Chinese city of Hangzhou for less than a month when a falling beam smashed his knee, landing him with hospital bills equivalent to half a year's wages.
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Seattle Times - 1 hour 6 minutes ago
Imagine an Oscar award-winning sports movie about 2009.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China promised $10 billion in cheap loans to Africa, pledged to cut customs duties and distributed a newspaper with photos of Chinese leaders among beaming Africans, as part of an effort to fight claims it is exploiting the continent’s minerals.
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Crain's Detroit Business - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
Macomb County business leaders have been so focused for two years on bringing a county executive position into existence that they have only begun to address who should fill it.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the last close.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 15 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. , the Australian unit of France’s biggest insurer, rejected a $10 billion bid from parent Axa SA and AMP Ltd.
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Austin American-Statesman - 1 hour 19 minutes ago
The global market for personal computer processor chips rebounded strongly in the third quarter as consumers in emerging markets, particularly China, increased their purchases of low-cost netbook computers, according to a report released today by market research firm IDC.