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Chinese markets expected to rebound
While the markets have taking a downturn as of late in the global markets, there is still hope hanging in investors’ hearts.
Of the stock analysts for Sina.com, most expressed hope “especially for the second half of 2009″. This is due to the waiting for government policies that are already in place to show results. [...]
BYD introduces electric vehicle to the world stage
BYD (Build Your Dream) is setting the stage by introducing an electric vehicle to the world. What’s interesting here is that it’s one of the first Chinese automobile manufacturers to do so and BYD has a long standing history of building cellular device batteries which could give them some advantage in [...]
Apple wins lawsuit against Chinese company
Amazingly enough, Apple has won a lawsuit in China of all places against a corporation in Shenzen.
Ordered to pay 400,000 yuan, the trademark infringement is one of the first wins noted in a while by many in the country. Warned of the infringement back in 2006, the infringement suit was launched in [...]
The Asian high
In a world where consumer spending is king, you wouldn’t think that there’s such a dependency on a global scale as far as American upon Asia. But there is. And this reaches much farther than just cheap manufacturing.
Oh yes, if you take into account that approximately forty percent [...]
Japanese investing in US troubled economics
I was listening to a report on NPR earlier this week and I found that it had a very important concept behind it. Currently, the United States Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve chairman are trying to push through Congress a $700 billion bailout plan that makes absolutely no financial sense. [...]
Asian markets doubts over US bailout plans
The Asian markets just keep shifting around, antsy on what’s about to happen in the United States while we’re still contemplating “why” the $700 billion USD bailout plan is a good idea.
Obviously from a personal perspective, I find it an atrocity. The bailout is basically shifting the consequences onto the American [...]
HIVE Inc. dissolved by parent DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO has dissolved HIVE, Inc. which was a subsidiary that was in charge of looking at anime-related marketing. Set up for anime related marketing and consultation services, it was part of a push for employee entrepreneurship. It’s actually no surprise that this move was done considering the pullback [...]
US government to bail out money market funds
As the Asian markets look on in disbelief, since the global economy is in part touched by Wall Street, the US government tries to bail out investors by insuring the uninsurable.
Yes, you heard it. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is rushing out a plan to insure money market funds.
“Huh? [...]
Missing the Asian connection in social media
Interestingly enough, when it comes to social networks, the ones that take off in the United States doesn’t necessarily grasp hold in Asia. While the obvious reasoning is that different markets and different strategies, why is this? TechCrunch explores some of the reasons but we’ll explore some more [...]
Dual-SIM phones introduced in Asia
While we have not seen sim cards for CDMA phones since in the US, the ESNs are assigned directly to each phone unit, in Asia it seems that they actually do have sim cards available for CDMA carriers. But as with everything, if you happen to travel on business a [...]
U.S. Listed Chinese Stocks
