CURRENCIES: Euro Edges Up As China Data Boosts Risk AppetiteFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 6:13AMCURRENCIES: Euro Edges Up As China Data Boosts Risk Appetite
eBay CEO Concedes Chinese Market, Focuses on Exports, PayPalFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 6:13AMeBay CEO John Donahoe conceded the domestic China market (again) to Alibaba today and said eBay would instead focus on the Chinese export market. Marketwatch said Donahoe called Alibaba not a competitor, but a "colleague and potential partner." eBay has also been also eyeing the global opportunity for PayPal, which it has said would outpace eBay in a few years.
Bovespa Stock-Index Futures Rise as Crude Oil Increases; Real StrengthensFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 5:55AMBovespa stock -index futures gained as a surge in oil bolstered Petroleo Brasileiro SA and as reports on China’s imports indicate Brazil’s biggest buyer of exports may feed global growth.
China `Sweet Spot' Is Returning for Investors: Commentary by Stephen GreenWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:14PMTo understand what is going on with China’s economy , just look at wheel loaders. They are tractors with a big shovel on the front to pick up and move earth or coal. Such machines are used to build roads and railways or to dig black stuff out of shallow mines.
That Afghan Tunnel May Be Darker Than We ThoughtWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:31PMTuesday, you may recall, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen dropped by the Oval Office for a confab with President Obama on progress in Afghanistan, which he detailed for reporters earlier in the day. On Wednesday, the other Afghan shoe dropped as a high-powered band of foreign-policy thinkers began waving red flags warning that our [...]