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Factories around the world are throttling back, further darkening the outlook for a faltering global economy. U.S. manufacturers barely expanded operations in August, according to a report Thursday, as businesses adapt to flagging confidence and a stagnant job market. Asia’s factory sector also pulled back, with bellwethers such as South Korea and Taiwan contracting [...]
BEIJING—China surpassed the U.S. to become the world’s biggest personal-computer market for the first time during the second quarter, market researcher IDC said Tuesday, highlighting the growing importance of a market where big U.S. PC makers have struggled to compete. PC shipments to China numbered 18.5 million units in the second quarter, outnumbering the [...]
The BBA said demand for borrowing from both households and companies continue to be weak reflecting the slow growth in the economy. 11:03AM BST 23 Aug 2011 Comments Gross mortgage lending [...]
Reuters - A dismal U.S. jobs report. A European debt crisis for which there is no quick fix. Slowing growth in China.[Read more...]
AP - Radiohead has taken a tentative step into censored Chinese cyberspace, even though the British rock band has been critical of China’s human rights record.[Read more...]
AP - Authoritarian governments corrupt society, Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa told students in China, where state media covered his speech without mentioning his political comments.[Read more...]
Andrew Mason has been visiting Beijing and Groupon HQ has finally realized there are some problems in China. On the Forbes website, Rebecca Fannin reports: CEO Andrew Mason just arrived in China and hasn’t wasted time shaking things up. Four expatriate executives at Groupon who were recruited from rival site Ftuan just a few months ago will [...]
Consider the improbable story of Li Na, the French Open champion and the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title. She started to play the game at age 9, quite late for a professional. She never played on a true clay court as a child—she described China’s “sand” courts as [...]
AP - China denied it supports hacking activities and said it is part of global efforts to combat computer security threats Thursday, a day after Google disclosed some of its email users suffered hacking attacks that orginated within the country.[Read more...]
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Libyans face heavy resistance in Gadhafi hometown
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