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China Stock Market May Extend Rebound

3/18/2012 8:52 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market on Friday wrote an emphatic finish to the two-day slide in which it had retreated more than 80 points or 3.4 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,400-point plateau, and now investors may continue to pick up bargains on Monday following heavy [...] [...]

Asian Shares Fall As China Data Spur Growth Concerns

3/12/2012 5:27 AM ET (RTTNews) – Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Monday as data showing China posted its largest trade deficit since at least 1989 last month suggested that global demand remains weak.Investors also paused to assess the outcome of the Bank of Japan’s two-day policy-setting meeting through Tuesday and the meeting of the [...] [...]

Apple’s iPhone Is Getting Crushed In China

Apple’s strategy of aligning the iPhone with a single mobile carrier appears to have backfired in China, where Samsung has opened up a huge smartphone market-share lead. According to Bloomberg, the iPhone has a 7.5% share of China’s smartphone sales, while Samsung has a 24.3% share.This share makes Apple the 5th largest smartphone seller in [...] [...]

Data May Cause Rally To Stall For China Stocks

3/11/2012 8:50 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market has closed higher now in back-to-back sessions, climbing more than 40 points or 2.7 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,440-point plateau, and now traders are looking for additional if tempered upside when the market opens on Monday following [...] [...]

China Stock Market Tipped To Open Higher

3/8/2012 7:52 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market on Thursday snapped the three-day slide in which it had retreated more than 65 points or 2.8 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,420-point plateau, and now investors are looking for more gains when the market kicks off trade on Friday.The global [...] [...]

China sacrifices growth to satiate inflation dragon

A customer pays for her vegetables at a market in Beijing January 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Soo Hoo Zheyang/FilesBy Nick EdwardsBEIJING | Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:24pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – If inflation is a dragon that must be slain, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has shown he is willing to sacrifice a part of the country’s [...] [...]

China Stock Market Tipped To Open Higher

3/8/2012 7:52 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market on Thursday snapped the three-day slide in which it had retreated more than 65 points or 2.8 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,420-point plateau, and now investors are looking for more gains when the market kicks off trade on Friday.The global [...] [...]

Import surge sends China trade to decade-deep deficit

A man walks in a shipping container area at the Port of Shanghai February 10, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Aly SongBy Nick Edwards and Koh Gui QingBEIJING | Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:14am IST BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trade balance plunged $31.5 billion into the red in February as imports swamped exports to leave the largest deficit [...] [...]

China Stocks May Regain 2,400-Point Level

3/7/2012 7:52 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market has closed lower now in three straight sessions, retreating more than 65 points or 2.8 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,395-point plateau, although now analysts are predicting a positive bounce at the opening of trade on Thursday.The global [...] [...]

China says some foreign firms exploit workers

Local and mainland Chinese university students, in the role of Foxconn workers, lie on the floor as they act out being chemically poisoned during a street drama in Hong Kong May 7, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Bobby YipBy Ben BlanchardBEIJING | Wed Mar 7, 2012 3:11pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – Some foreign companies in China exploit their [...] [...]

Congress approves punitive tariffs against China

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday overturned a court decision and reaffirmed that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other state-run economies that subsidize their exports to the United States. The House voted 370-39 to pass the measure and send it to President Barack Obama for his [...] [...]

US Congress backs punitive tariffs against China

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was moving Tuesday to overturn a court decision and reaffirm that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other countries that subsidize their exports to the United States. The House was expected to pass the bill Tuesday and send it to President Barack Obama [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Test Support At 2,400 Points

3/6/2012 7:50 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market has closed lower now in two straight trading days, retreating more than 50 points or 2.1 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,410-point plateau, and now traders are bracing for additional selling pressure when the market opens on Wednesday.The [...] [...]

China Stocks Expected To Open Lower On Tuesday

3/5/2012 7:53 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market turned lower again on Monday, one session after it had ended the two-day losing streak in which it had retreated almost 25 points or 1 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,445-point plateau, and now investors are bracing for continued selling pressure [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Extend Losses

2/29/2012 7:49 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the eight-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 95 points or 3.9 percent en route to a fresh 14-week closing high. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,430-point plateau, and now investors are expecting to [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Halt Slide

3/1/2012 7:50 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market has finished lower now in consecutive trading days, shedding almost 25 points or 1 percent in the process. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,425-point plateau, and now traders figure to go bargain hunting when the market kicks off trade on Friday.The global [...] [...]

Quick Rebound Eyed For China Stock Market

2/16/2012 7:49 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market turned south again on Thursday, one session after it had ended the two-day slide in which it had fallen just 8 points or 0.3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,355-point plateau, and now traders are expecting a mild resurgence when the [...] [...]

China Stocks May Reverse Wednesday’s Gains

2/15/2012 7:49 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market on Wednesday snapped the two-day slide in which it had fallen just 8 points or 0.3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,365-point plateau, and now investors are bracing for renewed if mild contraction when the market kicks off trade on Thursday. [...] [...]

GARY SHILLING: This Is What Needs To Happen For China To Take Over The World

Gary Shilling has long argued that China is heading for a hard landing.At today’s Bloomberg Link Conference, he said many people have the same shock-and-awe over China that they had over Japan in the 1980s.But with many invested in Chinese growth, Shilling identified five criteria that China would need to meet to – as he [...] [...]

Indian Shares Rally After China Pledge

2/15/2012 6:37 AM ET (RTTNews) – Indian shares rallied on Wednesday, with benchmark indexes Sensex and the Nifty climbing around 2 percent each to their highest level in more than six months, after China reiterated that the country will continue to invest in European government debt to help resolve Europe’s debt problems. Key benchmark indexes [...] [...]

Asian Shares Rally On China Pledge; Greece Hopes

2/15/2012 4:41 AM ET (RTTNews) – Asian shares rallied on Wednesday, with key benchmark indexes in Hong Kong, Tokyo and South Korea surging to six-month highs, as the yen slumped to a three-month low and investors believed Greece will not go bankrupt. Investors shrugged off weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales data and turned their focus to [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Snap Losing Streak

2/14/2012 7:51 PM ET (RTTNews) – The China stock market has closed lower now in two straight sessions, although it has given up just 8 points or 0.3 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just below the 2,345-point plateau, and now analysts are forecasting modest support at the opening of trade on [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Challenge 2,400-Point Level

(RTTNews) – The China stock market has ended higher in two of three sessions since the end of the six-day slide in which it had given away almost 130 points or 5.4 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index finished just above the 2,380-point plateau, and now analysts are forecasting additional support for the market when it [...] [...]

Firm Start Called For China Stocks

(RTTNews) – The China stock market headed south again on Friday, one session after it had ended the six-day slide in which it had given away almost 130 points or 5.4 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index settled just above the 2,380-point plateau, and now investors are looking for some traction when the market opens on [...] [...]

China eyes European assets – minister

An employee counts Euro notes at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei May 10, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Pichi Chuang/FilesBy Aileen Wang and Lucy HornbyBEIJING | Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:06pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Minister plans to lead an investment delegation to Europe next year, hoping to pick up some plum assets [...] [...]

China Stocks: Losing Streak May Continue

(RTTNews) – The Earthenware descent emporium has through scowl instantly in six directly trading dates, giving off around 130 spots or 5.4 percent in that bridge. The Abduct Mixture Symbol closed purely aloft the 2,395-node mesa, moreover directly analysts are predicting another selling push during the store liables on Thursday.The global presage for the Asian [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Find Support

(RTTNews) – Upon returning from last week’s break for the National Day holiday, the China stock market sank to a 30-month closing low in falling for the fourth consecutive session. After retreating more than 70 points or 3 percent in that span, the Shanghai Composite Index settled just above the 2,340-point plateau – and now [...] [...]

China Stock Market May Extend Slide

(RTTNews) – Heading into last week’s break for the National Day holiday, the China stock market had finished lower in three straight sessions, retreating more than 55 points or 2.3 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index settled just below the 2,360-point plateau, and now investors are bracing for continued selling pressure at the [...] [...]