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As China Purchasing Moves Up Who Buys The Goods?

Posted: December 1, 2010 at 4:50 am

China's logistics office said that purchasing manufacturing rose once again in November. The index moved up from 54.7 in October to 55.2. Analysts say that the improvement is a good ...
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GE’s Immelt Attacks China And Obama, Company Disavows Comments

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 4:46 am

GE (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Immelt, speaking at a business gathering in Italy savaged China and President Obama. In an unusual move, GE said that Immelt's comments did not reflect ...
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China And The Deepwater Horizon: Oil’s Inexorable Move To $100

Posted: May 3, 2010 at 6:00 am

Oil trades up near $87 today, and it is bound to move toward $100 this month. The estimates for the Deepwater Horizon incident now range as high as 100,000 barrels ...
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What 10% Mortgage Rates Do To Housing

Posted: April 11, 2010 at 8:04 pm

Mortgage rates moved above 5% last week and many economists expect the number to rise above 6% by the end of the year. "It certainly will make it harder for ...
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The Internet: The Tip Of The Spear For Democracy

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 5:16 am

Some members of Congress were as excited about Google (GOOG) leaving China as founder Sergey Brin was. Brin said that the repressive regime in the People's Republic reminded him of ...
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Which Countries Own America’s Debt?

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 1:52 pm

The American government owes just shy of $3.5 trillion to foreign governments, corporations and individuals.  The lion's share of this is owned to China and Japan, which own 22.8% ...
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Chinese ADRs Take Off (SEED, FEED, CAGC, CAAS)

Posted: January 5, 2010 at 3:15 pm

Chinese agriculture stocks, as measured by Tickerspy's Chinese Agriculture Stocks Index (*CHAGR), are up over 6% today.  Gains in Chinese agriculture stock were led by crop seed company Origin Agritech ...
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52-Week High Club (MEE, X, AA, BUCY)

Posted: January 4, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) rose over 5.7% to a yearly high of $44.42, riding a wave of optimism concerning coal and metal stocks following signs that U.S. and Chinese ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (12/16/2009)

Posted: December 16, 2009 at 3:23 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei .9% to 10,177. Mitshbishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng dropped 1.2% to 21,564. Bank of China (NASDAQ:CHINA) fell. The Shanghai Composite was ...
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Trade Deficit Reduced In October As Exports Rise

Posted: December 10, 2009 at 9:33 am

The U.S. trade deficit decreased $2.7 billion $32.9 billion in October as a result of exports growing more than imports.  Exports grew $3.4 billion while imports grew $745 million.  Gains ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AKAM, AEP, AAPL, BIDZ, CHINA, FMD, LVLT, PNRA, CRM, SPLS)

Posted: May 22, 2008 at 6:40 am

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning:Akamai Tech (NASDAQ: AKAM) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Cut to Hold ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (A, BBBY, BBY, DTV, ECL, EP, IBM, NTAP, LRCX, MOT, CRM)

Posted: February 28, 2008 at 8:08 am

These are not all of the calls affecting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this Thursday morning:Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) raised to Overweight at ...
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China Railway Construction Pricing At Top Of Range

Posted: February 27, 2008 at 10:35 am

China Railway Construction Corp. announced that it intends to price its initial public offering at the high end of its range. At a price of 9.08 yuan ($1.27), the offering ...
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Markets Looking To China Rail IPO

Posted: February 22, 2008 at 11:29 am

China Railway Construction Corp., the second largest Chinese railroad builder, intends to raise $3.6 billion from its IPO offering in Shanghai. Reuters has reported that the state-run company will offer ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (FNSR)(CNXT)

Posted: December 14, 2007 at 4:54 pm

CDC Corp (CHINA) Ugly earnings. Falls to $4.15 from 52-week high of $11.45.Finisar ((FNSR) No recent news. Fiber optic equipment maker falls to $1.38 from 52-week high of $4.21.Conexant (CNXT) ...
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