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Daily Archives: July 9, 2009

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China’s Car Sales Explode Nearly 50%

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 4:22 am

The notion that the US is the world's largest car market is gone, perhaps forever. China's light vehicle sales rose 48% in June to 872,900. The world's most populous country ...
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China: The World’s Internal Combustion Machine

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 3:56 am

George Soros, at 78, has been one of the world’s premier money managers for years. He is no longer at the head of the hedge fund performance table.  Money managers ...
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The Health Benefits Tax Slaughterhouse

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 3:49 am

Economists with fringe views of the tax system argue that all taxes are regressive. Tax a business and it will not hire more workers or distribute profits back to its ...
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Media Digest 7/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 3:07 am

Reuters:   The promise of mobile TV is being destroyed by smartphone use of software applications. Reuters:   More attacks on websites in the West are expected and North Korea is suspected. ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/9/2009

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 2:30 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was down 1.3% to 9,291. The Hang Seng was off a fraction to 17,719. HSBC (HBC) fell. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.3% ...
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