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Google and China Almost Settled?
It was sometime last week that China realized it would be better to remain amicable with Google. At mention of Google leaving China, scientists were in uproar: loss of the search engine would mean longer research...
China vs Google: The Next Episode
The latest episode in the China vs. Google saga seems to be unfolding. China is allegedly in discussions with technology super power Google to reconcile its dispute with the company. Obviously Google has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking and censorship concerns...
Australia’s Arrow Boosts Asian Market
Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina jointly bid $3 million for Australia’s Arrow Energy (ASX: AOE.AX). The move sent Arrow’s stock soaring (up 47%) and it boosted all the Asian Markets Monday morning. Arrow is the biggest domestic coal-seam gas supplier in Australia which...
China Defense Spending Down
The Chinese government raised its defense budget by only 7.5 percent, the lowest in years. The People’s Republic will spend $78 Billion in 2010 up from $72.5 Billion. China's defense structure has grown bigger than France...
Google and China Recap and Aftershocks
In mid January Google decided that it would stop censoring its Chinese search engine in response to a "a highly sophisticated and targeted attack" aimed at stealing software code. The internet giant accused the Chinese government of breaking through its Gmail security in order go phish information from Chinese human rights activists. Of course the Chinese government was not exactly thrilled at Google’s threats and adamantly denied that accusations. Beijing’s response to the threat was a reiteration of the rules:
China Banks Continuing to Limit Loans
More news out of China today concerning commercial lending; China's banking regulator has told commercial lenders to restrict new lending they provide to local governments' financing arms to ward off potential risks of default...
Chinese Hacking Activity Traced
A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation...
China and US Tensions High
The Dalai Lama met with President Obama today despite outright disapproval from Beijing. The Chinese consider the Dalai Lama a separatist, and Obama’s decision to go ahead with the meeting has been taken as an affront to the Chinese...
China and Iran Getting Too Close?
With the recent news of Iran having uranium in forms which can be used to make atomic bombs the UN is moving on tightening sanctions...
China and the BRICKM’s
What is the role of emerging markets in a time of recovery? Emerging markets represent an abundance of potential for investors and traders. It can rally the US and European indexes, but that might all be about to change...
  NYSE   Nasdaq   S&P 500   WMM Micro   WMM Nano  
     NYSE 6966.25 +55.27 (+0.80%)
     Nasdaq 2200.01 +23.17 (+1.06%)
     S&P 500 1090.10 +9.81 (+0.91%)
     WMM Micro 822.73 +14.44 (+1.79%)
     WMM Nano 900.64 -6.74 (-0.74%)
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