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People walk past a luxury apartment under construction at the Central Business District in Beijing, Thursday, July 9, 2009. China's bank lending in June more than doubled from the previous month as Beijing's stimulus drove a surge in credit that has prompted concern about the possible impact of such a rapid increase.
(photo: AP / Andy Wong)
In China's Success, a Need for Change
The New York Times
| BEIJING — Three numbers should suffice to give Chinese economic policy makers a sleepless night: 65.4 million, $28.7 billion and $2.45 trillion. | In order, they are the estimate by a government researcher of how many apartments stand vacant in China, many of them bought as speculative inves...
Ein Plus von 187,50 Punkte zeigt die Anzeigentafel des Deutschen Aktienindex (DAX) am Dienstag, 25. Maerz 2008, an der Wertpapierboerse in Frankfurt.
(photo: AP / Bernd Kammerer)
European Shares Rise on German Data
The New York Times
| Equity markets in Europe mostly rose Thursday, helped by late gains on Wall Street and more strong data on the German economy, though apprehension over slowing growth in the United States and its impact on the global recovery kept the advance in check. | The tentative rise snapped a lengthy losing...
** ADDS IDENTITY OF HOSTAGE-TAKER ROLANDO MENDOZA ** Rescue units wheel away the body of hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza, 55, following an assault by police and SWAT members to rescue hostages in a bus at Manila's Rizal Park Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker of 15 Chinese tourists, and at least four of the hostages crawled out of the back door. Mendoza was killed along with an undetermined number of hostages. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
(photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Concerns, Questions At Hostage Takings Tragic End
Scoop
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 2:23 pm | Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission | A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission | HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Concerns, Questions At Hostage Takings Tragic End | The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express its deepest sympathy and condol...
HSBC warns UK bank break-up could force exodus
The Times Of India
LONDON: HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest bank, warned that Britain's big banks could move overseas if a government review decides that lenders should be broken up. Stuart Gulliver, head of investment banking, said HSBC was "genuinely concerned" that a...
Kyron Horman latest news: Godfather's Pizza donates $14,000 to search for missing Oregon boy
The Examiner
| Kyron Horman latest news: Godfather’s Pizza donates $14,000 to search for missing Oregon boy | A pizza restaurant chain donated 25 percent of its profits Wednesday to help in the search for missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman. | About twelve Godfat...
How the mighty have fallen
Hong Kong Standard
It is actually a rather familiar sequence of events. A new firm is founded. The founder gets famous. The firm makes a lot of money. The founder is then allegedly involved in legal violations or even criminal activities. | //--> Tony Liaw | Friday, Se...
Changing the retail landscape
Gulf News
| Dubai:  A rule of thumb in assessing a corporate chief is to find out what his people say and feel about him — in private, of course. Going by that yardstick, Yousuf Ali's standing with his workforce is that of a much-loved and admired f...
Barron's Investigates the Shady Reverse-Merger Business
Columbia Journalism Review
| A hearty Audit huzzah to Barron’s and reporters Bill Alpert and Leslie P. Norton for a superb investigation into Chinese companies that list in the U.S. stock markets by reverse merging into American shell companies. | Sounds shady from the g...
Cigna Names Acting CFO, Launches Search
Insurance Newsnet
| Cigna Corp. named Vice President and Treasurer Thomas A. McCarthy as the health insurer's acting chief financial officer, effective immediately, following the departure of Annmarie T. Hagan. | Hagan resigned in a "mutual decision between Annmarie a...
Over 70 Countries Converge to Craft a Truly Global Congress
Insurance Newsnet
| ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLORIDA--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - The Medical Tourism Association announced today that over seventy countries have confirmed participation in the 3rd Annual World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress in Los Angeles...
CSI Leasing expands in Asia with acquisitions
Business Journal
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Economy
A pedestrian walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin
(photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Asian Shares Higher; Nikkei Rises 0.6%
The Street
Gains were modest across the region as investors waited for U.S. employment figures due out later Friday. August's jobless rate is expected to rise to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, according to a survey of analysts by Thomson Reuters. | Global markets have tumbled the past month as doubts surfaced about the strength of the global recovery. But investors ...
Industry
A businessman walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunges 7 percent in early trade following heavy Wall Street losse
(photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Briefing.com: Stock Market Update - 15:30 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Sep 03, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Stock Market Update | Updated: 03-Sep-10 | The market at 15:30 ET | Dow: +104.98... | Nasdaq: +28.24... S&P: +11.85... | NYSE Vol: 660.2 mln.. Adv: 2216.. Dec: 768 | Nasdaq Vol: 1.3 bln.. Adv: 1867.. Dec: 724 | Moving the Market | Sector Watch | August jobs report shows smaller-than-expected slide in ...
Politics
A local newspaper featuring with pictures of Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III is tied with some yellow ribbons left by mourners after ten of thousands of Hong Kongers marched at a Hong Kong  downtown street on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 in honor of the eight locals who were killed in the Manila bus hijacking, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation.
(photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
Hong Kong Protests Philippine Deaths
The New York Times
| HONG KONG — Drawn by a mixture of anger and grief, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents poured into the streets on Sunday to protest how the Philippine government handled a bus siege last week that ended in the shooting deaths of eight Hong Kong residents and the dismissed police officer who had taken them hostage. | Organizers estimate...



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