China’s economic slowdown is creating some difficulties for … As the country grapples with slowing growth, ensuring that people have jobs also has a financial imperative. “(Beijing’s) social policy … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For February 2019
Starbucks’ China rival Luckin Coffee taps three banks for U.S. IPO: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese startup Luckin Coffee, which has ambitions to overtake Starbucks at home this year, has tapped three banks including Credit Suisse to work on a U.S. IPO in 2019, said peo……
HK regulator suspends former China brokerage exec for IPO sponsor guidelines breach
HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s financial watchdog has suspended the licence of a former senior banker at China Merchants Securities (CMS) for breaching its code of conduct about initial … ( read…
Worries that China trade talks are stalling weigh on stocks
Comments from a key U.S. trade negotiator stoked doubts overnight over how much progress was being made on resolving the trade war between the U.S. and China. There was more discouraging economic news … (…
China Unicom & Huawei: 5G Injects Vigor into the New Media Industry
At MWC 2019, China Unicom and Huawei held a joint communication conference on new media innovation outcomes where the latest achievements and development trends of 5G new media were discussed. Through… ( read original story…
Qatar, China, Japan sought ‘extras’ after Barclays 2008 fundraising: court
Cross-examined by William Boyce, a lawyer for Boath, Leighton agreed that Japan’s Sumitomo and China Development Bank sought Memoranda of Understanding to deepen relationships with Barclays … ( read original story …)
Ex-China Development Bank Official Punished for Integrity Lapses
A former China Development Bank (CDB) senior executive has been expelled from China’s Communist Party after an investigation found him guilty of “disciplinary issues,” the party’s graft buster said Th… ( read original story …)
RBC Told Bankers Avoid China Travel Amid Huawei Saga
Royal Bank of Canada recently told employees to avoid travel to China, people with knowledge of the matter said, amid a diplomatic feud over the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial off… ( read…
China Yield Curve Steepens. Good Sign for Growth? Not Quite
Long-term yields have also retreated in recent months, but not by as much — reflecting some expectation that China will resume its focus on reining in financial leverage, according to Alex Wong at Am… (…
China February factory activity shrinks to three-year low, export orders worst in a decade
BEIJING (Reuters) – Factory activity in China contracted to a three-year low in February as export orders fell at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, highlighting deepening cracks in a… ( read original…
China Driving eSIM Adoption Says New GSMA Report
Smartwatches Dominate eSIM Deployments; Smartphone Adoption Will Take Time Smartwatches with eSIM technology are gaining momentum in China supported by products from numerous vendors. Although … ( read original story …)
A bad U.S.-China trade deal might lead to good things for the WTO
This will mean focusing on reforming the WTO so that it can better address the challenges that China’s current state-driven approach to economic development presents for foreign firms doing business w… ( read original story…
Maple leaf and hockey sticks: Tim Hortons shrugs off the politics to go all-Canadian in China
People were wrapping around the block. So I think it was a good day.” The China expansion is out of the Restaurant Brands International Inc. playbook. RBI, which owns Tim Hortons, Burger King … (…