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Growth in China's increasingly important services sector ticked up slightly in January, the fourth straight monthly rise, adding to evidence that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is a modest one.
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Chinese insurer PICC priced its Hong Kong IPO near the bottom of the range, the latest sign of tepid appetite for new listings in the city.
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Japan's industrial output unexpectedly rose in October, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may have seen the worst.
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One of China’s richest men is challenging Obama's refusal to let him build a wind farm in the US.
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The worsening outlook for the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China – has put into question whether these leading emerging economies can continue to power global growth.
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China seems destined to become the world’s biggest pharmaceutical market; however, whether the profits multinational corporations realize will be similarly attractive remains very much in doubt.
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China stocks may trade sideways on Friday as concerns about May PMI data could be offset by hopes of monetary easing.
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China came up with another set of weak numbers on Friday with two surveys of manufacturing activity showing that economic momentum slowed yet again in May, prompting analysts to say it’s time China got on with revving up growth.
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EU trade ministers agreed to start negotiations to create a free-trade area with Japan, overcoming resistance from European carmakers.
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The NASDAQ rally has more fuel to go higher compared to the uptrend in the S&P 500.
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The retreat in the Shanghai Composite Index points to a consolidation and is not the start of a downtrend.
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The S&P index uptrend is stable and well developed. There is a high probability this uptrend will continue to 1550.