Apple Could Face iPhone 6 Shortages Next Year (AAPL)
The iPhone 6 could be harder to find next year as Apple shifts its production ratio toward the 6 Plus, according to UBS analyst Steven Milunovich. "Given the ramp in [December] we do expect a...
View ArticleThe World Is Xi Jinping's Oyster Right Now
Xi Jinping, China's president, has lately had little choice other than to ponder foreign policy. Last month his country played host to the leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation...
View ArticleXi Jinping Just Got Even More Powerful
The criminal case against China's ex-security chief not only plays to public demands to curb corruption but spells the downfall of one of President Xi Jinping's biggest rivals, puts other challengers...
View ArticleNew Chinese Trade Stats 'Paint A Grim Picture'
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's imports fell unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, adding to concerns the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding...
View ArticleChina's White-Hot Stock Market Is Going Up Again
China's stock market ripped higher on Monday. The Shanghai Composite, which opened lower, closed up 2.8%.Since the People's Bank of China unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rates on Nov. 21, the...
View ArticleTerrible Trade Numbers Just Sent Shanghai Stocks Through The Roof Again
Shanghai stocks accelerated again in trading on Monday, climbing another 2.82%.That's despite, or maybe even because of some bleak trade figures coming out of China: exports rose 4.7% in the year to...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Keeps A Book Written By The President Of China On His Desk (FB)
A Chinese government news portal released a photo Monday of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with a copy of Chinese President Xi Jinping's book on governance at his desk while hosting an Internet...
View ArticleA World Cup Gambling Sting Snared Alleged Chinese Mafia Dons In Las Vegas
On June 23, Malaysian businessman Wei Seng Phua, aka Paul Phua, landed his G-550 jet in Las Vegas. He was likely tired, as one would be after a long flight from Macau — where he had been arrested and...
View ArticleChina Is Diminishing The US's Air Power Superiority
The US Air Force’s air power superiority over China is rapidly diminishing in light of rapid Chinese modernization of fighter jets, cargo planes and stealth aircraft, according to a recently released...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Chinese Stocks Could Go Way Down Or Way, Way, Way Up (DIA,...
The Chinese stock market has been on fire. The Shanghai Composite index is up an eye-watering 48.6% in just the last six months. On Monday, the Shanghai Composite index rose another 2.8% despite trade...
View ArticleShanghai Stocks Just Went Into A Major Sell-Off
Chinese stocks just saw a colossal sell-off late in trading, sending the Shanghai Composite index from a small increase to a 5.43% crash, the biggest in five years.Here's how it looked:That has not...
View ArticleThere Are More Positives Than Negatives In The China Story
You may have noticed that Chinese stocks have experienced a bumpy ride over the last couple of months. At the heart of the turbulence: concerns about whether the government can successfully engineer a...
View ArticleAn Engineer For A Defense Contractor Has Been Charged With Trying To Take US...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Connecticut resident and Chinese citizen who allegedly worked on the F135 engine was charged with trying to take sensitive documents about military technology to China,...
View ArticleWe Just Got More Evidence That China's Economy Could Be Headed For Deflation
Beijing (AFP) - China's consumer inflation fell to a five-year low of 1.4 percent in November, the government said Wednesday, increasing concerns over the risk of deflation in the world's...
View ArticleChina Has A New Non-Lethal Weapon That Can Heat Water The Under Skin To Cause...
In a bid to explore the concept of a non-lethal arsenal, China has developed a new long-range weapon that can cause its targets irresistible pain without killing them, according to a report by IHS...
View ArticleChinese Man Working On US Fighter Jets Caught With Documents And Cash At...
Yu Long, a Chinese national and a former resident of Connecticut, has been charged with trying to take confidential U.S. military documents to China. The man, who was a former employee of a military...
View ArticleChinese 'Cancer Village' Caused By Toxic Industrial Landfill
Chinese authorities have begun investigating a shocking case of industrial pollution in central China’s Hunan province, in which runoff from an aluminium plant’s illegal landfill allegedly gave at...
View ArticleChina's Big Problem Is That It Might Be Slowing Faster Than Everyone Thinks
Late on Monday, China’s securities clearinghouse banned investors from using low-grade corporate bonds as collateral for short-term financing. The move is part of Beijing’s structural reforms aimed at...
View ArticleBlackRock Thinks The US Economy Could Be A Major Outlier In 2015
BlackRock thinks the US economy could be an outlier in 2015.In its 2015 investment outlook, titled "Dealing With Divergence," BlackRock sees the US experiencing a "pickup in growth" and improving labor...
View ArticleMercedes Is Getting Crushed In China By BMW And Audi
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz needs to catch up with German rivals BMW and Audi in China to meet its goal of becoming the world's largest maker of luxury cars by 2020, a...
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