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Xstrata plans A$15 billion coal expansion in Australia

PERTH (Reuters) – Xstrata, the world’s top thermal coal exporter, is considering up to A$15 billion ($13.3 billion) investment to boost output at its Australian thermal coal project to 100 million metric tones a year, it said on Monday.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Green |

HSBC happy with BoCom as China investment vehicle: CEO

HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings is happy with its stake in Bank of Communications as its primary investment vehicle in China, HSBC’s chief executive said on Monday.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Deals |
 

How Gary Shilling Sees Things

Barry Ritholtz posted an article from Gary Shilling called 2010 Investment Strategies: Six Areas to Buy, 11 Areas to Sell. I thought I would weigh in on the six and 11, some of which I agree with and some I do not.First thing to buy, according to Sc…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

The Changing Composition of the GDP

Zacks.com submits: By Dirk van DijkWith the release of the first cut at the 4Q GDP, it is worth taking a look at what the overall composition of GDP looks like, and how it has changed over time. GDP is equal to the sum of spending by the Consumer, B…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |
 

Delta Partners Invests in Aricent

DUBAI, UAE, January 31 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Partners, the leading TMT
advisory and investment firm in emerging markets, is proud to announce it has
become a shareholder in Aricent.

Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services compa…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance, Services |

China’s Shanghai index may drop to 2,500, ISI says

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s benchmark stock index may fall as much as 16 percent from Friday’s close, as the central bank begins raising interest rates to temper inflation, said Donald Straszheim, director of China research at International Strategy a…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |
 

Taiwanese insurer eyes Haixi market

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – King Dragon Life Insurance, a joint venture between Taiwan Life and –iamen C and D Investment, opened its first branch office in Fujian Province yesterday, setting the stage for its exploration of the potentially huge market in th…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Business |

4 Potential ETF Bubbles: How to Cope

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Investment bubbles have been a fact of life for centuries, and the 21st century is no different. There are potential bubbles forming in several areas, and exchange traded fund investors need to be on the alert and rea…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

T2 Partners Hedge Fund’s Largest Long and Short Positions

Market Folly submits:Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue’s hedge fund T2 Partners has put out its annual letter. In this latest letter to investors, Tilson and Tongue address the macro environment, talk about how their portfolio fared and discuss their …

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |

This Could Be Kind Of Cool

For a short time in the 1990s the Boston Celtics were publicly traded on the NYSE and had ticker BOS. As a devoted fan I bought one share and had it sent to me. Although it was a publicly traded partnership I viewed the purchase as something neat to…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Finance |