Buzz & Ballots
February 1, 2012
Prince William deploys to Falkland Islands as tensions rise with Argentina – 30th anniversary of the war this summer
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Telegraph reports : The Duke of Cambridge will fly to the Falkland Islands tonight to begin a tour of duty as tensions rise between Brita...
January 27, 2012
NYT Profile: Lael Brainard
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The world’s financiers and finance ministers have descended on the annual forum in Davos, Switzerland, at another perilous moment, with the ...
FT: Apple looks to China’s ‘staggering potential’
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If Apple needed an illustration of its popularity in the world’s biggest smartphone market by volume, it was given one this month in Bei...
WP: Five myths about China’s power
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As China gains on the world’s most advanced economies, the country excites fascination as well as fear — particularly in the United States, ...
Telegraph: Davos 2012: China and Africa to be centre of world trade
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Stephen King, group economist at HSBC, has predicted a return to the world economy of 1,000 years ago - with the centre of world trade centr...
Project Syndicate - Stephen S. Roach: China’s connectivity revolution
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Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its Internet community is...
FT – Book Review – Nick Lardy’s Sustaining China’s Economic Growth after the Global Financial Crisis
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In 2004, Beijing announced a big shift in the country’s economic model. No longer would it rely on investment and exports. Instead, consumer...
AP: Caterpillar post 60% jump in Q4 profit on steep global sales increase
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Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped 60 percent, boosted by pent-up demand for new equipment and continuing ...
WSJ – John Bussey: In fog of warfare, a message to business
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When their grandkids ask today's CEOs, "What did you do in the Great Class War, Granddaddy?" it will be enough to be able to a...
Economist: China -The paradox of prosperity
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For China’s rise to continue, the country needs to move away from the model that has served it so well. Economist
WSJ – Mike McConnell, Michael Chertoff, William Lynn Oped: China's cyber thievery is national policy—and must be challenged
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It is more efficient for the Chinese to steal innovations and intellectual property than to incur the cost and time of creating their own. ...
CSM: China's economy may surpass US before 2020
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China's economy is now nearly half as big as the U.S. economy. Its economic growth figures suggest that China could become bigger sooner...
Reuters: China source of hope and worry for Davos regulars
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When the global economy nearly choked on toxic debt three years ago, China and its massive investment stimulus was hailed as a savior that h...
Reuters: Cooling China worries some multinationals
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Slowing growth in China is emerging as a concern in some of this quarter's earnings reports from U.S. multinationals that have long reli...
MW: China’s yuan set for more international role
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Big changes could be underway for China’s currency this year, as Beijing moves forward with plans to free up its forex rules and increase th...
Businessweek: China's next boss has some capitalist cred
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Xi Jinping, likely China's next President, ran a province that’s a showcase for private enterprise in the People's Republic. Busine...
NECN: Joe Biden: ‘We’re not the job creators’
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Vice President Joe Biden says middle class jobs once shipped to China at an alarming rate are now on their way back to the United States. ...
August 28, 2011
China Daily: Profits of China's industrial businesses up 28.3%
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China's industrial enterprises reported a profit increase of 28.3 percent in the first seven months year-on-year to 2.8 trillion yuan.
China Daily: Terra Firma lands in China
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One of Europe's largest private equity companies is set to enter the Chinese market. Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd, which is based...
China Daily: More cities get housing purchase limits
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More than 20 second- and third-tier cities have decided to impose limits to cool prices.
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