With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around the world. JPMorgan Q3 Earnings Lift Markets; BofA Testing New Fees; China Curbing Steel Production; Bloomberg to Acquire BusinessWeek; House Working on Regulatory Legislations; Japan PPI Down 7.9%; Pay Czar: Lower Pay […]
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Greenback Woes Boost China's Global Muscle
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Washington continues to believe that the U.S. dollar is a weapon and most of the G8 is playing along. They simply can't see – or won’t acknowledge – where the dollar is actually headed, even though the evidence is right before their eyes. On the other side of the world, however, China is refusing to […]
Is Tech Leading the Recovery?
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Better-than-expected results from bellwether Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) are lending credence to the notion that technology – fueled by consumer spending – is leading the recovery. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index is the only major stock index to post a gain over the past five years, rising more than 13% as the Standard & Poor's […]
Hedge Funds Take Direct Stakes in Commodities ... Should We Be Wary?
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ScotiaMocatta, the Canadian commodities trader and subsidiary of the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS), has asked regulators to approve plans for a fund that would take physical positions in copper. Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE ADR: CS) is working with Glencore International AG, the world's largest trading house, on an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that […]
Who’s Benefiting from the Dollar’s Demise?
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The dollar is out as the world's predominant reserve currency. Central banks around the world increased their foreign currency holdings by $413 billion in the second quarter, the most since at least 2003, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. But 63% of that new cash was put into currencies other than the dollar. That's […]
Investment News Briefs
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With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around the world. AIG Selling Taiwan Life Insurance Unit; Source: Comcast Proposes NBC Universal JV; China Auto Sales up 78% in Sept.; Whitney Cuts Goldman to Neutral; Bank of America Turns over Merrill […]
From Russia With Love: China Looks North For Latest Resource Deal
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A preliminary gas agreement between China and Russia is the latest indicator that the Red Dragon continues to diversify trade partners outside of the United States, and signals willingness between the neighboring countries to shelve any political differences for mutually beneficial deals. The deal between the Russia's Gazprom OAO (OTC ADR: OGZPY) and China National […]
Canada: China's Personal Shopping Mall
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In 2007, Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (NYSE ADR: ACH) – better known as Chinalco – snapped up Peru Copper Corp. A year later, Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., teamed up with China Minmetals Corp., to buy out Northern Peru Copper Corp. Don't let the names of the two copper companies fool you – both targets […]
How Sustainable is the Kindle's Early Success?
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Nearly two years after Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) released its Kindle e-book reader, it appears that digital books will finally be embraced by consumers previously reluctant to buy a pricey e-reader device. Roughly 3 million e-readers will be sold this year, Forrester Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) said in a recent report that revised a previous […]
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With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around the world. B&D Raised 3Q Outlook; Barrick Buys Controlling Stake in Xstrata Mine; Soros Invests $1.1 Billion in Clean Energy Reform; Blackstone Prepping IPOs; Philips Electronics Profits While Sales Fall; China Raising […]
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