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Australia's dollar has received its fair share of whacking lately and perhaps it's time to give the currency a bit of a break, currency strategists say.
Highlights
This is Sony's latest attempt to keep the buzz going on its Playstation 4 ahead of Microsoft's XBox launch. |
Several book shops in Hong Kong specialize in selling scandal-packed exposés that are banned by China. |
Here are the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and stories of individual attacks from each area. |
Google's YouTube could be a $20 billion business within seven years, according to Morgan Stanley. |
Political satires like 'The Daily Show' are gaining fans in a country where such criticism is a rarity. |
If there's one lingering sore point between Hollywood and China, it's Tibet. The Global Post reports. |
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The Australian dollar has had a swift, hard fall and now Goldman Sachs is predicting it could fall to as low as $0.80.
Charting Asia with Daryl Guppy
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The fall of the Aussie below parity against the U.S. dollar may not be the start of a downtrend for this resilient currency.
Coming Up On CNBC
Entrepreneur Asia
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Some of Asia's most successful entrepreneurs confess to their most common mistakes.
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After Japan's "lost decade" you might be surprised to hear that some Chinese entrepreneurs are suggesting that China has just come out of its own "lost decade".
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We look at Asia's 10 richest first-generation businessmen. Find out who these self-made billionaires are and how they made their money.
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Asia’s economic development and a growing consumer class means the temptation to return home for those Asian entrepreneurs with a Western education is strong, experts say.
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A new kind of "dirty" business is becoming the latest frontier in the bottom-of-the-pyramid market in India, with a number of start-ups seeing a huge opportunity in building and maintaining toilets
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Chinese entrepreneurs are taking fewer cues from Silicon valley as they develop their own indigenous businesses.
China: Time of Transition
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As Apple's sales outlook slows down, what happens to the tech giant's suppliers? CNBC's Eunice Yoon has more.
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Li's course has taken him from the grassroots to the center, from the head of the agricultural province of Henan, to the industrial province of Liaoning, and eventually to the very top of Chinese leadership. CaiXin Online reports.
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In China, with wages rising rapidly and shifts towards moving up the factory food chain, CNBC's Eunice Yoon takes a look at one garment factory's efforts to stay competitive.
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In this segment of Inside China, Eunice Yoon explores how Chinese residents are voicing their protests on the World Wide Web.
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China's ascent to the top of the global economy is not a certainty. Many hidden structural dangers exist. Among the most important factors is the state of its healthcare system.
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Compared to the challenges faced by China's old guard, the new team's problems can best be described as an embarrassment of riches. Here is why.
Managing Asia
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Famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando talks to CNBC's Christine Tan about his creative vision. He discusses how the global economy is affecting his business.
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James Yau, Founder and MD at Grocorp talks to CNBC's Christine Tan about his plans to build a sustainable agriculture business.
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Despite losses caused by the Thailand floods in 2011, Joe Hinrichs, president, Asia, Pacific and Africa of Ford says the automaker remains committed to the country as a production hub.
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Campbell Wilson, CEO of Scoot, tells Managing Asia the budget carrier does not need to launch a price war to compete as it is already doing well.
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Ajit Manocha, CEO of GlobalFoundries, acknowledges there are challenges at hand in terms of their relationship with AMD, but says they are well positioned to overcome them.
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Jennifer Cheung, founder and executive chef, Sift talks about the challenges she faces in running a small business in Hong Kong.
Technology
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The board of Yahoo agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media, the NYT reports.
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Dell Inc. tells suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself.
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ZenoRadio takes advantage of a loophole in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide a radio service to mostly immigrant customers.
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Tim Cook says he'll propose tax changes to encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries over Apple's overseas cash holdings.
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Investors had every reason not to trust the market after last year's Facebook fiasco—a high-profile IPO gone bad on multiple levels. Yet trust is coming back.
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Dell reported earnings that fell far shy of market forecasts but revenue came in better than expected. Shares were little changed after-hours.
Finance
NetNet With John Carney
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With the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo is putting a serious claim in for the future of social and mobile technology. The deal will be a test for Marissa Mayer.
Market Insider with Patti Domm
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Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Monday:
By the Numbers
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The Dow is up nearly 22 percent since mid-November. Many think the market's overdue for a pullback, but historical correlations indicate that it may not be.
Opinion
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Larry Kudlow says there's only one possible solution to clean up the IRS mess — a special counsel.
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Abe will have a tough job trying to convince his G-8 colleagues next month that his "three arrows" stimulus program is not just a subterfuge to boost exports, says this economist.
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Gov. Pence, (R-IN), says Congress needs to hold the Obama administration accountable on the IRS scandal.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli explains the need for balance when deciphering budget deficits; natural gas supplies; and IRS snooping on conservative groups.
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Will the IRS scandal and continued huge deficits embolden the Tea Party in 2014? CNBC Contributor Jared Bernstein and Jennifer Stefano, Americans For Prosperity discuss.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), says targeting of conservative groups is not exclusive to the IRS.