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It’s Caterpillar earnings season here! | Caterpillar Insight

The company with interests in China and US almost equally rode out 2009 and 2010 to shine in the markets as one of the top 10 stocks and after buying Bucyrus took abreather in dull 2011 Of course it’s not

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Posted in Amitonomics, Financial Markets, Global, Infrastructure

That “Mainlandism” in Greater China : D&G issues an apology to Hong Kong

Like the Han migration to Uighur dominated Xinjiang onthe border of Centrlal Asia, Hongkong is close to being colonised by mainland Tourists from China.. The Italian luxury brand sparked controversy earlier this month when local citizens, snapping photos of the store from

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Posted in China, Retail Lifestyle

Europe opportunity to get into Transaction Banking for US banks / funds

The year of the Water Dragon comes once in 60 years, while the 3.5% IMF/Germany maximum request and the 4.0% minimum required by investors to agree keep s interest in the Euro Foreign Ministers’ conference as also the size of

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, US

China’s bank regulators may not put on the screws.. | China Insight

As per the conference last weekend, Banking and insurance regulators are not likely to put on the planned strong regulation on Basel 3 advice or otherwise in limits as the slow down is uncomfortably close. As also mentioned in our

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Posted in China, Financial Markets, Global

RBS sale of Asia Assets | Banking Insight – Deal Insight

RBS Asia got RBS off to a good start with the bank weeks away from shutting down the business of Corporate Investment Banking without bidders. Reuters report that more than 30 bidders have bid for various Asia Pacific assets. The

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Posted in Financial Markets

Chinese Media companies prefer public capital | China Insight

Both Xinhua net and People’s Daily the state mouthpiece are loking at a $100 mln IPO in the domestic Shanghia market, though the Shenzhen exchange is also doing $4 tln in revenues nec to neck with Hangseng and has become

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Posted in China, Financial Markets, Global

ING to sell $6 bln Asian operations | Executive Insight

The insurance assets have to be separated from banking as per a covenant with the Dutch government. additionally ING has to reurn $5 bln to the Dutch government before it is allowed to pay Dividend. The Asian operations are spread

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Posted in Banking, China, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Global, Investments

HSBC gets Thai out of the way, GE grows bank ambitions, First Niagara completes Buffalo purchase | Executive Insight

GE bought Metlife deposits and online bank in the US in the beginning of Decvember and closed Christmas week with the purchase of HSBC’s card and personal loans portfolio with its local partner Bank of Ayudhya in Thailand, getting out

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Global, Retail Lifestyle, US

US Economy: US Retail ex Auto – Where did you park the economy, exactly!

The graph on the right tells the story of a sunny disposition in retail sales destroyrd by the fatigue from overspending on cards for America, apparently. That could be one ready reason for the dropping retail sales with even the

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Posted in Amitonomics, European Sovereign Debt crisis, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US

Chinese Reverse Mergers: Spreadtrum and Focus Media

While fraud is endemic to China, the one to put us on alert about the nature of large scale fraud in US listed Chinese companies, Carson Block thinks it is an event (endemic fraud) is likely strong in all developing

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Posted in Financial Markets
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