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Will Chinese “Recession” Join Europe’s Contraction?

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:26 am

Manufacturing in China contracted this month, according to the HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a preliminary reading of manufacturing activity. The figure came in at 49.6. Any number below 50 ...
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China PMI Contracts, Hits 49.6

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 3:48 am

Perhaps China's economy has started to move toward recession. New purchasing managers index data certainly shows the its manufacturing data has signaled a contraction. The cause may be the collapse ...
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Nikkei Collapses 7.3%

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 3:43 am

The Nikkei dropped a remarkable 7.3% after weeks of record-setting days. Two days ago the Bank of Japan said the Japanese economy was "picking up." Now, suddenly there will be ...
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Swiss IPO Filing in U.S.: Luxoft, for Software Development and IT Solutions

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 5:48 pm

Luxoft Holding Inc. has filed to come public in an initial public offering. No financial terms were offered other than that it may sell up to $80 million in shares. ...
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More Detail About National Bank of Greece’s Capital Raise

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Investors have had time to know and prepare for a capital raise of sorts from the National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG). That is almost upon us and this ...
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Dish Network Cites National Security Threat of Sprint Acquisition by Softbank

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

It was perhaps inevitable that the fight between Japan’s Softbank and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) over Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) would take turn in this direction. In a ...
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Recession in Italy Doubles Its Deprived Population

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 7:15 am

Italy's statistics bureau has issued a report on just how badly a recession has crippled its population. According to World Bulletin: Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes ...
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States Sending the Most Goods to China

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 6:55 am

Over the past decade, U.S. exports to China have grown at an annual rate of nearly 17% each year. In 2012 alone, the 50 states shipped more than $100 billion ...
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Apple Joins Overseas Corporate Tax and Repatriation Debate in Washington D.C.

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 3:41 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a record for its $17 billion debt offering in the last month, but the entire borrowing could have been avoided if there was not such ...
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European Union Investigates Crude Oil Price-Fixing

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 9:10 am

Two days ago, officials of the European Commission (EC), the executive arm of the European Union, raided the offices of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), ...
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European Auto Sales See a Bounce in April

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association reported that regionwide car sales rose for the first time in a year and a half: In April, the EU market of new passenger cars grew ...
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Walmart Stock Hit by Decline in International Earnings

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 7:45 am

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened this morning. The retailing giant posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.14 on revenues of $114.2 ...
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Japan GDP Jumps 3.5%: Economic Miracle Resurrected?

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 7:10 am

The Japanese economic miracle, which died more than two decades ago, may be in the early stages of resurrection. First-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) rose 3.5%, a number that was ...
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Samsung Captures Virtually All the Profit in Android Market

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 11:35 am

To say that Samsung Electronics dominates the market for smartphones using the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an understatement. The Korean electronics giant reaps 95% of ...
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German Recession May Have Already Started

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 6:41 am

The German Federal Statistics Bureau (Destatis) reported that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) barely grew in the first quarter. If the balance of the world's developed economies is any ...
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