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Goldman Sachs advocates accumulating South Korean equities now, on the basis that the market will fare well in a rising rate environment.
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Robin Harding, Financial Times journalist has denied a leak from the Federal Reserve after his article on tapering was held responsible for knocking 100 points off the Dow.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 1:42 AM ETJohn Messara, chairman of Arrowfield Group, tells CNBC what a win at Ascot for his horse 'Animal Kingdom' would mean.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 1:20 AM ETShimon Peres, president of Israel, tells CNBC that he is not looking for the international community to pick up the slack in Syria but the Arabs themselves through the Arab League.
Highlights
Job prospects for China graduates appear bleak — the latest sign of a troubled Chinese economy. |
French politicians worry that an attack on Chinese students near Bordeaux could jeopardize investment. |
Britain should build modern "hub prisons" with a capacity of up to 3,000 inmates each, according to a new report. |
Boeing and Airbus showcase their new wide-bodied planes at the 2013 Paris Air Show. |
Strategists warn that markets could be subject to a “slowtation” if new data on the U.S. economy comes in as expected. |
Amid the global jitters of Federal Reserve tapering, one asset appears to be gaining favor. |
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Editor's Picks
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A record deficit in platinum supplies is set to push prices higher, as unrest sweeps the South African mining industry and demand is boosted by the auto sector and a new exchange traded fund.
CNBC Meets
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Former tennis player Andre Agassi tells CNBC the private sector is the best means through which to create better schools in America.
Charting Asia with Daryl Guppy
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How far can the Nikkei fall? It could well be to 11,500 and any rebound will encounter resistance.
Coming Up On CNBC
Asia-Pacific News
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China's house prices rose at the fastest pace this year in May, though the pace of gains eased from the previous month, highlighting the dilemma facing the central bank.
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China remains one of Asia's worst-performing stock markets this year, but there are reasons to believe the prevailing downtrend for the long-time laggard may be coming to an end.
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This week, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui will meet North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in Beijing.
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China's government has been buying shares in the country's four big banks, a move analysts expect to continue until jitters about high interbank lending rates and the economic outlook ease.
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Emerging markets may have taken a vicious battering on fears the Federal Reserve may soon remove the easy money punch bowl, but a turnaround in sentiment this week could be as equally dramatic.
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Financial instability in China, stemming from its vast shadow banking sector, is a lurking threat for the world's second largest economy, says World Bank.
Europe News
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Israeli President Shimon Peres called for the establishment of an Palestinian state, in an exclusive interview with CNBC on Tuesday.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, on Monday evening to protest the rising cost of public transport.
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The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world's most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture.
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The prime real estate market in Russia's capital offers great returns - for those willing to take the risks, analysts say.
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Boeing and Airbus showcase their new wide-bodied planes at the 2013 Paris Air Show.
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G8 leaders said today that world economic prospects remained weak even though downside risks have lessened due to policy action taken in the United States, the euro zone and Japan.
Paris Airshow 2013
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The FAA did "everything right" in the dealing with the battery issues that grounded Boeing's new Dreamliner for months, the aircraft maker's chairman and CEO James McNerney tells CNBC.
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Big finance waded into a rain-soaked Paris Airshow with more than $10 billion in orders for jumbo passenger jets as planemakers duelled over strategy for large aircraft.
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In the heated battle for leadership in commercial airplanes Boeing and Airbus believe they are positioned to have strong showings at the Paris Air Show.
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The world's biggest airlines such as United and British Airways aren't the fastest growing. Instead, it's budget carriers that are rapidly expanding. Find out who they are.
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New guidelines from India proposing that pilots should be allowed to sleep on planes raises the issue once more of whether pilots should be allowed rest and whether they are overworked.
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Jay Caldwell, head of aerospace at RBC Capital Markets, tells CNBC that the thing to watch at the Paris Air Show will be the two heavy weights, Boeing and Airbus, competing over their wide body aircraft.
Industrial Revolutions
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Find out how self-driving cars could revolutionize the auto industry in the next decade.
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From the first flight in 1903, air travel has come a long way - and trips to outer space could be next.
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Start-ups are using social networking and technological advances to innovate personal banking and give control back to the consumer.
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MIT is focusing on technology that could redefine the process of construction.
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Companies are moving beyond the mouse and touchscreens to create the next form of computer interactivity.
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Experts believe that fusion energy - which would never run out and is environmentally-friendly - could one day form 50% of the energy market, although it may not come into use for another few decades.
Technology
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Facebook may announce a video feature to its photo-sharing app Instagram at an event it is hosting on Thursday.
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There's always an excuse for shrinkage. For the information technology sector, that excuse is Apple.
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China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. holder and underlining the country's rise as a science and technology powerhouse.
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Immortality may not be a reality yet, but rapidly evolving technology is making it more realistic, Google's engineering director Ray Kurzweil says.
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Netflix has struck its largest original content deal ever, investing further in kids' content with new original series from DreamWorks Animation.
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Vine, Twitter's mobile app that's called the "Instagram for video," is quickly rising in popularity. Here are six things you should know about Vine.
Finance
NetNet
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If the big bull market in bonds is about to come to an end, somebody tell corporate America, and fast, as bond issuance has been at record levels through the year.
Market Insider with Patti Domm
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The market chatter over the weekend was all about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and one question: will he try to push a more dovish position on bond-buying?
By the Numbers
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The CBOE Volatility Index, the market's so-called fear gauge, stretched over a 22 percent range in each of the last two weeks, its first such streak since March.
Opinion
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Can anyone tell me with a straight face that they knew the S&P 500 would be flirting with all time highs right now, asks investment adviser Michael Farr.
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The euro is a unique example of an asset class with intrinsic investment features, but is it a reliable store of value?
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Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports, discusses a recent poll that found 57 percent of people believe the government will use NSA surveillance data against political opponents.
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Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners LLC, discusses why he believes the bond market has become a bit like a Ponzi scheme. With CNBC's Rick Santelli.
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The NSA tracking every phone call each American makes, and mining Internet data puts the President at the center of a new controversy. He, not Edward Snowden, is the villain.
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Expedia's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi shares his perspective on what's driving growth in online travel.