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June 20, 2010
China is planning to increase control of rare earth minerals mined in its territory after cracking down on illegal exports of these minerals.These minerals form an […]
June 20, 2010
China’s Central Bank had released a statement on Yuan Reform seeking to defuse international pressure.The statement which rambled about recovery,BOP,world macro situation,yuan history had a brief […]
June 19, 2010
China and US Tensions increasing on Currency Valuation The US Senate and President Obama have been increasing pressure on the Chinese Government to revalue the yuan […]
June 11, 2010
China has again come under increasing pressure from the US to appreciate the yuan against the US Dollar removing the hard peg it has against the […]
June 10, 2010
Chinese Cyber Attacks South Korea blamed Chinese sources for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks on its Government Websites.South Korea and North Korea have been […]
June 6, 2010
The G20 Meeting between the Financial Heads of the the G-20 Countries exposed the rift between the world’s 20 most important economies.The issue of fiscal deficits,exports […]
May 23, 2010
The sharp appreciation of the yuan against the Euro and the other currencies would make China think of depreciating the yuan against the dollar rather than […]
May 19, 2010
Twin Shocks Hit Markets as Germany Bans Naked Short Selling and US Senate puts Curbs on Credit Cards
Markets have become a very risky place both on the long and short side with governments coming up with new “bailouts” and “regulations” almost each day […]
May 17, 2010
The Euro’s rapid 15% decline against the Euro has had an important side effect against the Yuan which is pegged to the dollar.While currencies around the […]
May 13, 2010
China is recognized as the manufacturing hub of the world due to its low cost of labor and capital coupled with the pro industry policies of […]
May 10, 2010
The US has been a laggard on the climate change mitigation compared to the progressive stances taken by Europe and Japan.Despite strong hopes raised by the […]
May 9, 2010
SEC as is the case with most regulatory agencies, is trying to create more rules to prevent the 1000 point crash that happened on Thursday.From the […]
May 7, 2010
Markets are dropping like a rock. Went down more than 4% in less than a minute.Seemed like that the whole financial system was unravelling. The European […]
May 1, 2010
One of my pet theories is that they we see a lot of distortions and oppurtunities for arbitrage is because labor is not globalized while capital […]