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The emerging markets have started taking measures to combat inflation which has become a serious problem for them so far, but uncertainties still exist on whether these policies will be successful, said Stephen King, chief economist of HSBC. "The big question for 2011 is whether ...
The U.S. dollar traded mixed against major currencies in late New York trading on Monday after the U.S. unemployment fell on Friday. The euro fell in early trading session as the German factory orders shrank in December. According to German's economic ministry, German manufacturi...
The Dow and S&P 500 hit a new high in one and half years on Monday, as positive earnings and deal- making news further boosted sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 12,161.55, rising 86. 66 points, or 0.72 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 8.18 ...
U.S. stocks climbed higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average up for the fifth straight day, as investors blamed severe weather for the disappointing jobs data. Major indexes were wresting with the break-even line in morning session before finally finding ground, as ...
Crude oil price Monday fell below 88 dollars a barrel on concerns about high inventories and sluggish demand and as Egyptian unrest eased. Egypt banks began to reopen on Monday after two weeks of unrest, showing the situation there was calming down and there was no threat to the ...
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange continued the weak sentiment on Monday, as the dollar further gained strength amid robust economic recovery. In contrast, silver was still on the rising track.
Crude oil price plunged on Friday as U.S. Labor Department reported the economy added fewer jobs in January than economists forecast, bolstering concern about fuel demand drop in the world's biggest oil-consuming country. The report showed, although the unemployment rate last ...
The U.S. dollar climbed against major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as U.S. unemployment rate dropped. The unemployment rate fell to 9 percent from 9.4 percent in December, beating most analysts' expectation of a rise to 9.5 percent. However, the Labor Department ...
Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange retreated on Friday, as unexpected rally in U.S. employment sector has reduced demands for gold investment. Meanwhile, Silver also went down amid weak sentiment.
China's current account surplus jumped 25 percent from one year earlier to $306.2 billion last year, China's foreign exchange regulator said Monday. The country's capital and financial account surplus hit $165.6 billion last year, compared with $109.1 billion in 2009, the State ...
Prices were lower than expected when three plots of residential land were auctioned in Shanghai on January 30, the first plots sold since the city's launch of the property tax. Two plots in the Pudong New Area sold at a house price of 4,200 yuan (US$636) and 3,700 yuan per square ...
The introduction of a property tax last Thursday in Shanghai has had an immediate impact on housing transactions. In an online survey about 40 percent of respondents said the levy had changed their home purchase schedules. According to property information website Soufun.com's ...
Some of China's major banks have stopped lending as they have already reached their January lending quotas, the China Securities Journal reported Friday, citing banking sources. "Branches of a state-owned commercial bank were notified by their head office to stop making new loans ...
Over the crowds of holiday shoppers in China's big stores this Spring Festival lingers an atmosphere of suspicion. With charges of price deception hanging over the big chains of Carrefour and Wal-Mart and local authorities moving to levy fines, many Chinese -- normally averse to ...
China's power consumption is set to grow at a slower pace this year as the government steps up efforts to cool the economy and pursue greener growth. The National Energy Administration yesterday estimated the country's electricity use may grow 9 percent to 4.5 trillion kilowatt...
International auction house Christie's posted worldwide sales of 5 billion U.S. dollars in 2010, jumping 53 percent from a year earlier, which was the highest annual sales total recorded by both the company and the industry, Christie's said Thursday in a statement. The auction ...
Hong Kong's visitor arrivals in 2010 reached a historic high at 36 million, 21.8 percent more than in 2009, according to latest figures released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the total tourism expenditure associated to inbound tourism is expected to ...
A moderate rebound in Beijing's car market looms ahead, after Beijing's license plate lottery program issued the first batch in its quota to 17,600 individual buyers on Wednesday. Yet car dealers will have to wait to see sales really pick up, industry watchers said. Sales ...
The U.S. stocks plunged on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling nearly 200 points, as the Mideast unrest gave traders reasons to retreat after three straight weeks of gains. The blue-chip average sank 178.46, or 1.44 percent, to end at 12,212.79, the biggest ...
The central parity rate of yuan, the Chinese currency, Wednesday gained 3 points to 6.5878 against the U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. China's central bank announced in June 2010 it would further reform the exchange rate formation mechanism to ...
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