China Should Raise Its Currency—for Its Own Good

By Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, China’s cheap currency, one of the great boogeymen of international economics, will come roaring back […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Record Discount to Hong Kong Means ‘Buy’ for Prudential

China Record Discount to Hong Kong Means ‘Buy’ for Prudential January 30, 2011, 6:43 PM EST  Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — […]

By Oracle | 30 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Tug Of War For China’s Gambling Empire

Tug Of War For China’s Gambling Empire Jan. 29 2011 – 10:45 am | 444 views | 0 recommendations | […]

By Oracle | 29 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

BMO banker sees return of Canadian mega-mergers

By Pav Jordan TORONTO (Reuters) – It’s the year of the mega-merger, says the head of Canada’s top M&A advisory […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Commodities, North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Forget Gold — Go With Aluminum

By Daniel Dicker, RealMoney Contributor,  The Street.com site, I know you’ve heard it before, but the 10-year, sixfold price run […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Jan 11 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

China grabs loss-soaked U.S. bank

China grabs loss-soaked U.S. bank Posted by Colin Barr January 21, 2011 2:14 pm   China is taking the U.S. banking […]

By Oracle | 23 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

U.S. companies fear the Chinese New Year

U.S. companies fear the Chinese New Year Sewing machines sit idle at a garment factory that lost 60% of its […]

By Oracle | | Posted in Asia, North America, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China’s Military Comes Into Its Own

By Rodger Baker, Stratfor, Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting the United States, perhaps his last state visit as president […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Social Media in China: The Same, but Different

by Thomas Crampton Much has been written of late about the PRC government’s efforts to control and censor the Internet. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Bank of China Lets Americans Bet on Yuan

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON, NY Times, Bank of China, one of the country’s main state-owned lenders, is now allowing American […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, North America | Comments (0)