Facebook opens sales office in Hong Kong
Social networking site Facebook on Tuesday opened shop in Hong Kong to expand its presence in Asia notwithstanding its ban in mainland China.
Toyota boosts FY outlook despite weak Q3 results, Shares up
Automaker Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 39 percent fall in its third quarter profit, hurt by slower domestic sales and a strong yen.
Gold edges up, shrugs off China rates
Gold inched higher on Tuesday as equities fell, the euro picked up and flows of metal out of exchange-traded funds stabilized, although a rise in Chinese benchmark rates limited gains.
Glaxo posts Q4 loss as Avandia weighs; resumes share buyback
Pharma major GlaxoSmithKline Plc posted a quarterly loss hit by a massive charge to settle further litigation related to its diabetes drug Avandia, but the company raised its dividend and said it would resume its share buyback program.
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Ivory Coast bond dives on missed coupon
The price of Ivory Coast's 2032 $2.3 billion bond dived to a record low on Tuesday after investors said the West African country had defaulted by missing a January 31 coupon payment deadline.
UK manufacturing PMI hits record high in January
Manufacturing activity grew in January at its fastest pace since records began in 1992, and factory costs also surged, in a further sign that price pressures are building in the economy, a survey showed.
China, Brazil office rents soared in 2010 - survey
Prime office rents in key Chinese and Brazilian cities will continue their economic growth-fuelled rise in 2011, a survey said, prompting global property investors to chase deals in those emerging markets.
Jobs, inflation and Egypt
Fundamentals and nasty surprises are on investors minds heading into February, with big tests in the coming week about jobs and inflation and increasing worries over Egypt and its region.
China c.bank says Fed easing ineffective, dangerous
Quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve and other central banks cannot address fundamental economic problems but may lead to excessive global liquidity and competitive currency depreciation, China's central bank said on Sunday.
How does unrest in Egypt, Tunisia impact investor sentiment?
Richard C. Kang, chief investment officer & director of research at Emerging Global Advisors spoke to IB Times about the political unrest in North Africa and implications for investors
S.Africa finmin says rand still overvalued
South Africa has taken measures to counter capital inflows but the rand is still overvalued, the country's finance minister said on Friday.
China wants to import more: ICBC chairman
China wants to import more to solve its trade imbalances instead of parking windfall revenues in U.S. and euro zone government bonds, the chairman of China's largest lender said on Thursday.
Qualcomm Upgraded at Morgan Keegan
Morgan Keegan upgraded Qualcomm Inc. to outperform from market perform, a day after the CDMA chip maker reported strong quarterly results and boosted its fiscal 2011 outlook.
Brazil unemployment drops to record low in 2010
Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to a record low in 2010, as the country’s economy records the fastest growth since 1985.
U.S. economy will boom between now and 2025: Plunkett
Jack Plunkett, CEO of Plunkett Research, believes the U.S. economy is headed towards a secular boom between now and 2025.
Banker bonuses spur discontent as pay gap grows
Annual bonuses at top global banks are causing ructions that could drive a outsized round of defections as weaker profits and tougher rules widen the pay discrepancy between star performers and everybody else.
Pre-Market Earnings on Jan. 26 (BA, COP, ABT, GD, UTX, SO, HES, XRX, ROK, WLP)
The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Wednesday are: Boeing, ConocoPhillips, Abbott, General Dynamics, United Technologies, Southern Co., Hess, Xerox, Rockwell Automation and Wellpoint.
Inflation rattles corporates in India, China
Corporations in China and India have been riding on strong domestic economies, much to the envy of the West, but they now worry that runaway inflation could hit growth.
Russia’s central bank will increase gold reserves by over 100 tons every year
The Gold reserves of the Russian central bank grew by 280 tons over the last 2 years. And the bank will continue with a similar speed by buying at least 100 tons every year, deputy chairman Georgy Luntovsky told reporters now.
Freshfields, Linklaters top legal advisers for European M&A
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have topped the list of legal advisers to European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by value and volume in 2010, according to Legal Week.
Toyota Motors emerge as the planet's biggest carmaker in 2010
Despite a series of high-profile recalls and safety issues, Japanese auto major Toyota Motors still managed to beat General Motors in total unit sales and remain the largest car manufacturer in the planet.
GM sold more cars in China than in U.S. last year
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said it sold more vehicles in China than it did in the U.S. in 2010, making it the first time in the automaker’s 102-year history that sales in a foreign country surpassed domestic sales.
Consumers downbeat on job, inflation worries: Nielsen
Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.
One out of five cellphones sold is unlicensed copy: Nokia
One out of every five cellphones sold in the world are illegal or unlicensed copycats, hurting the position of producers like Nokia in emerging markets, the world top manufacturer by volume said on Friday.
Developed markets will outperform emerging markets: Faber
The equity markets of mature economies will outperform those of the emerging markets this year, said Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom report.
World stocks near 2-1/2-year high
World stocks reached their highest levels in nearly 2-1/2 years on Wednesday with the MSCI world equity index reaching 1324, the highest since August 2008.
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