Tag: China

Rupert Murdoch Splits News Corp.; Confidence Waning in Emerging Markets; Inflation at 53-Year Low… Means Very Little to Middle America

Rupert Murdoch relented to shareholder demands, splitting his News Corp. media empire into two separate investments.

Smithfield Foods’ Pork Business May Gain Chinese Flavor; Canada’s Largest Bank also Booking Large Profits; Berkshire’s Abel to Grow Energy Holdings

Smithfield Foods, the largest U.S.-owned hog producer and pork processor, soon may be merely the largest U.S. asset...

Good and Bad News Affects Fixed Income; China Looks Worse; Swiss Uncovering New Ways to Fence Sit

Fixed income investors awoke to good news and bad news this morning -- unfortunately both came from the...

When Diplomacy Breaks Down; Say Hello to the 21st Century Tennessee Valley Authority; Japan Considering Time-Travel to Strengthen Market Position

Representatives from both China and the European Union (EU) remained at loggerheads during the weekend as neither side...

Is China Pushing away from Diet of U.S. Treasuries?; Meet the New Old-Boy Network; Banks Finally Draw a Line?

If China begins to unwind from U.S. debt at the same time the Federal Reserve scales back its...

Investors Have Reason for Caution but Not Panic

The economic numbers reported around the world during the last few weeks have given investors reason for caution...

Eagle Eye Opener: China’s Services’ PMI Drops to Lowest Score in 20 Months; Far East Markets Strengthen

Investors and analysts looking to bash China in 2013 seem to have no end of data to use.