China Swap Drops to Eight-Month Low After PBOC Lowers Bill Rate

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

China’s one-year interest-rate swap dropped to an eight-month low after the central bank lowered its one-year bill yield for the first time since 2008, adding to evidence of a loosening monetary policy. Find more info about China Swap Drops to Eight-Month Low After PBOC Lowers Bill Rate photos videos pictures. read ...

Mirabela Takeover Seen With Minmetals Chasing Nickel: Real M&A

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Minmetals Resources Ltd., backed by China’s biggest metals trader, is transforming companies from Mirabela Nickel Ltd. to Alumina Ltd. into takeover targets as it eyes $7 billion of nickel, bauxite and alumina deals. Find more info about Mirabela Takeover Seen With Minmetals Chasing Nickel: Real M&A photos videos pictures. read more

Why Frank Gehry Is Looking to Asia

Monday, November 7th, 2011

With major architecture projects all but dead stateside, the East—and especially China—beckons Find more info about Why Frank Gehry Is Looking to Asia photos videos pictures. read more

In Girl’s Death Video China Sees Growth’s Perils: Jonathan Alter

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

I’m on a trip to China this month, and it’s coinciding with some Middle Kingdom soul-searching about what Chinese people owe one another. In an age of “golden collar” workers made rich in the new economy, the Chinese are struggling to locate their social conscience. To move to the next ...

China Credit Squeeze Prompts Suicides Amid Offer to Sever Finger

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

Hours after a creditor and his gang of tattooed thugs hustled Zhong Maojin into a coffee shop in Wenzhou, he says he wouldn’t yield to their demands. Find more info about China Credit Squeeze Prompts Suicides Amid Offer to Sever Finger photos videos pictures. read more