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Lenovo Second-Quarter Profit Climbs, but Shares Dip
November 6th, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd reported quarterly revenue that missed analyst estimates, with a decline in smartphone sales curbing investor optimism about the world’s biggest maker of personal computers (PCs) turning into a force in mobile devices. Lenovo’s earnings came at ...
China Expands Access to $4.3 Trillion Interbank Bond Market
November 3rd, 2014
China is opening its 26.31 trillion yuan ($4.3 trillion) interbank bond market to non-financial firms after tightening trading rules following a crackdown on illegal transactions. Qualifying participants will require minimum net assets of 30 million yuan and use a ...
China Credit Growth Climbs as Targeted Easing Kicks In
October 16th, 2014
China’s broadest measure of new credit rose to a three-month high in September as the central bank’s targeted measures to boost liquidity helped spur lending. Aggregate financing was 1.05 trillion yuan ($171 billion), the People’s Bank of China said ...
China Approves Brokerages to Start HK-Shanghai Trading
October 15th, 2014
China approved brokerages including Central China Securities Co. (1375) to offer trading services that pave the way for the start of a program allowing investors in Shanghai and Hong Kong access to each other’s stock markets. Central China shares ...
Moscow Exchange Signs Cooperation Agreement with Bank of China
October 13th, 2014
Moscow Exchange and Bank of China have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration between the Russian and Chinese financial markets. Bank of China President Chen Siqing and Moscow Exchange CEO Alexander Afanasiev signed the agreement during an ...
Agile’s Chairman placed under custody
October 13th, 2014
Agile Property Holdings Ltd. tumbled the most on record after its billionaire founder and chairman Chen Zhuolin was placed under the control of Chinese prosecutors and amid reports it assisted in money laundering in legal news. The stock plunged ...
Western sanctions against Russia cut Europe’s throat
October 8th, 2014
Sanctions against Russia have not led to the isolation of the country, even if the West tried to alienate Russia from western markets of capital and technologies. Instead, the sanctions strengthened the ties between Russia and China. Russia will ...
China to Impose Quota on Local Government Debt Amid Risks
October 2nd, 2014
China announced plans to cap the amount of debt local governments can take on and ban them from additional borrowing through financing vehicles as authorities step up efforts to control risks to the financial system. All borrowing by provinces ...
BOC to sell high-yield bond fund in Europe
September 24th, 2014
One of China’s state-owned banks has struck a deal with Citigroup to market its first fund to pension funds and retail investors in Europe. Bank of China Hong Kong Asset Management, which is owned by Bank of China, has ...
China fines GSK $489 mln and jails executives
September 19th, 2014
China has fined British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L 3 billion yuan ($488.8 million) for paying out bribes in what is a record penalty for China, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. A court in Changsha has also ...
