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)

5 Reasons to Stop Fearing China

Its economy is going gangbusters, and it barely felt the global recession that has left the world’s most advanced nations […]

By DennisGao | 24 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | 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)

Top Global Political Risks of 2011

Here are the Top Global Political Risks for 2011 as defined by The Eurasia Group. G-Zero Europe Cybersecurity China North […]

By ATSiem | 21 Jan 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | 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)

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying

Shanghai Prepares for Property Tax to Curb ‘Speculative’ Buying Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Shanghai, China’s financial center, will this year […]

By Oracle | 16 Jan 11 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Inflation Won’t Drive Yuan Appreciation, China’s Hu Tells Papers

Inflation Won’t Drive Yuan Appreciation, China’s Hu Tells Papers January 16, 2011, 2:15 PM EST Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Chinese […]

By Oracle | | Posted in Asia, Hedge Fund, The Big Picture | Comments (0)