Yes, the headline is a bit facetious, but who, at this point, hasn’t heard about Chip Starnes, the American co-owner of a medical supply company, who was held against his will for five days by his own Chinese employees? Fortunately, Starnes has been released without injury, despite losing nine pounds during the ordeal, in which […]
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<!– RSS feed –> Email To: From: Name: Please send me a copy Message: Verification code Asia Asian equity markets traded mostly negative overnight, amid a slew of lackluster PMI releases. The ASX 200 is the laggard weighed heavily by the utilities sector and also drilling Co.s with Ausdrill and Boart Longyear as the […]
TOKYO: Business confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers surged in the past three months, a closely watched central bank survey showed Monday, in the latest sign of an uptick in the world’s number three economy. In the first reading since the government and Bank of Japan embarked on a huge spending drive to spur growth, the quarterly […]
Sentiment among major manufacturers jumped in the quarter to June, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” corporate sentiment survey showed Monday, in the latest upbeat sign for the world’s third-largest economy. The results come days after separate data showed factories put in an unexpectedly strong performance in May, supplying fresh evidence that the government’s huge drive […]
I love simple concept investment opportunities focused on businesses built to succeed in good times and bad. The business of selling athletic shoes is one which is highly profitable and somewhat insulated from the larger economic backdrop. It is a great business for a couple of reasons, specific to the athletic segment. First, this segment […]
TOKYO Japanese factories put in an unexpectedly strong performance in May, data showed on Friday, a further sign that the world’s number three economy is picking up as Tokyo embarks on a huge drive to boost growth. The news will also provide an extra fillip to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his party faces […]
SATURDAY Enjoy a nature walk at the Brunner Island Wetlands with Ryan “The Bug Man” Bridge from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Insects are an amazing and varied group of creatures. What better place to find them than at a wetland? Join us as we explore the area through a catch-and-release walk. We’ll also […]
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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 27, 2013) – Chief financial officers (CFOs) in Canada and the United States are feeling much better about the North American economy and believe it will continue to recover for at least another year, according to Deloitte’s Q2 CFO Signals™ survey. That heightened optimism is leading CFOs to raise their domestic […]
***Notes/Observations*** – Global interest rates continue to move higher following last week’s watershed event of Fed tapering expectations; sharp sell-off continues in almost every asset class – China PBoC did sate on Jun 21st that it would fine-tune its policies as needed but unlikely to take an extra measures at this time to deal with […]
