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In a reflection of the growing shift in world economic growth and power, China and India increased their voting rights in the World Bank, with China rising up to third place and India to seventh place...
Banking (Apr 26th, 10)
With the fundamentals of copper not improving, and most of the 20-month high prices reflecting the interest of copper investors rather than copper demand, it could be that copper is ready for a correc...
Commodities (Apr 13th, 10)
Last November General Electric (NYSE:GE) and China announced they had entered into what they called a "Country to Company" agreement, which implied and I think, outright announced, that China consider...
China (Apr 4th, 10)
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said today the trial, conviction and sentencing of Australian national Stern Hu to 10 years in prison could harm business relationships between the two countr...
Australia (Mar 29th, 10)
When Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) decided to leave China, don't think it wasn't a calculated strategy to curry favor among the media and others. It was all of that and probably more. The problem for Google is...
Business (Mar 27th, 10)
The decision by Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) to leave China as brought the inevitable comparison to Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and what they are going to do. To me there is not connection whatsoever, and to bri...
Technology (Mar 24th, 10)
With concerns over the rising inflation in China and vulnerability for asset bubbles in the country, the World Bank recommended China should have a strong exchange rate and tighten up their monetary p...
China (Mar 23rd, 10)
With much at stake, a Rio Tinto executive confessed he had taken bribes, and now Stern Hu faces up to 20 years in prison as a result. Hu was the lead negotiator for iron ore for Rio Tinto with China. ...
Australia (Mar 22nd, 10)
The upcoming trial of four employees of Australian-based Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) are going on trial for commercial espionage in China next week, and China has warned Australia not to politicize the trial....
Australia (Mar 18th, 10)
The recent decision by China to pressure its banks to cut back on lending has had a dampening effect on the commodity sector as doubts grow as to how much the giant emerging economy will spend on raw ...
Commodity Markets (Jan 30th, 10)
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