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Several book shops on Hong Kong's teeming shopping streets specialize in selling books and magazines banned by China, mostly for their damning accounts of party leaders, past and present. The New York Times reports.
Highlights
Pakistan's electoral victory has Goldman Sachs and Mark Mobius betting on further market gains. |
A Chinese man hired a crew to crush his Maserati, but his story sounds familiar. Is this a trend or a stunt? |
The 38-year-old English player will be retiring from football after the season and ending his career. |
Recent research suggests property prices in Hong Kong and Singapore's red-hot market are cooling. |
As fashion houses look to Asia, CNBC investigates the latest designs at Singapore's fashion week. |
Analysts are turning pessimistic on Malaysia, two weeks after an election sparked wide optimism. |
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Australia's higher-than-expected budget has raised concerns that the country could follow the same path as the highly-indebted euro zone.
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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Asia is home to some of the world's largest economies and has a stable growth outlook, yet this does not seem to be enough to tickle an entrepreneurial spirit.
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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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Is it possible that Asia will be the first region to build a truly mobile business environment? I would be surprised if this doesn't happen, says this expert.
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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
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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Yahoo's board has agreed to buy Tumblr, the popular blogging service, for about $1.1 billion in cash, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The New York Times.
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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.
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One-time hedge fund darling Apple was dropped by more famous hedge fund managers in the first quarter.
Finance
NetNet With John Carney
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Wall Street's stock market mania officially has gone full-throttle as JPMorgan raised its year-end price target for the Standard & Poor's 500 to 1,715.
Market Insider with Patti Domm
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Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Thursday:
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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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.
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Forgiving billions in student debt will encourage poor choices by families and embolden colleges to push up tuition, argues Professor Peter Morici.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli worries that when it comes to Obamacare, the IRS will use political tests to determine who gets health care. (3:12)