Archive for September 3rd, 2009

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Shares of Chinese banks find support after the nation’s banking regulator said the timeframe for tightening capital requirements would be relaxed.

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Asia Markets: China banks rise on eased capital concerns
Tags: bank-of-china, change, china, china-const-bk, china-merchants, china-merchants-bk, china-minsheng-ban, chinese, cichf, create-alert, embedded, ind-amp-com-bk-china, normal, shanghai, volume
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Don’t blame the contrarians if gold doesn’t convincingly break through the psychologically important $1,000 ceiling in the next couple of weeks.

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Mark Hulbert: Contrarians see hope for gold breakthrough
Tags: alert, first-take, gold, gold-can-do-it, irwin-kellner, latest-news, london, markets, peter-brimelow, podcasts, sarah-palin
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
What lies ahead for the enigmatic and iconic Sarah Palin, who recently passed her first anniversary as a major pop-culture figure?

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Jon Friedman’s Media Web: Sarah Palin, year 1: Enigmatic and iconic
Tags: cbs, create-alert, enigmatic, first-take, friedman, general-electric-co, latest-news, market, markets, media, sarah-palin
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
China’s largest pharmaceutical company will reportedly attempt to raise up to $1.12 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong later this month.

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Sinopharm planning $1.12 billion Hong Kong IPO
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. plans to spin off its game publishing unit in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq.

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Shanda planning U.S. IPO of games unit
Tags: alert, element, first-take, investing, london, market, michael-kitchen, podcasts, price, shanghai, snda, sohu-com-inc
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher anticipates businesses will continue to keep a tight rein on spending in the near future.

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Dallas Fed chief warns of ‘deflationary risk’
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Business investment in Japan falls 21.7% for the April-June quarter compared to the same period last year, while corporate sales and profits also mark declines.

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Economic Report: Japanese business investment dips in spring
Tags: business, investing, latin-america, london, middle-east, online, spotlight, story
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Fall is in the air, and many shareholders aren’t waiting to see what the weather brings.

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Mutual Funds: For stocks, September is the cruelest month
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
No one knows how quickly businesses will start hiring again once they notice their sales are rising, but it looks like at least the first few months of the recovery will be jobless.

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Economic Outlook: If the recession is over, why is no one is hiring?
Tags: alert, first-take, if-the-recession-is-over, markets, online, people, recovery, supreme-court
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Despite the country’s bleak economic outlook, Spain’s stock market index has outperformed that of Germany and France this year.

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European Stocks to Watch: With highest jobless rate, Spain rallies
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