(ChinaPost.com.tw) – New copies of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall,” Andrew Young’s “The Politician” and other books published by Macmillan were unavailable Saturday on Amazon.com, a drastic step in the ongoing dispute over e-book prices.
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…
MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ — The US may have experienced a 12% decrease in the number of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic treatments, but the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons have a different story to tell. They found…
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is cutting prices on high-definition TVs ahead of the U.S. Super Bowl championship game, looking to entice shoppers to spend now that the holiday season has ended.
Indias largest power company National Thermal Power Corporations power-trading subsidiary NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam will develop 1,000 MW of solar power and supply it at competitive prices by bundling it with cheap thermal power for the next 25 years, a…
Bullion prices fell this week, with gold and silver marking a second consecutive monthly decline in both New York and London. Gold’s fall has been driven significantly by a rising US dollar, which has climbed 2 percent against other world currencies…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs) have tended to be overpriced and institutions should show greater restraint and accountability in pricing, a senior Chinese securities regulator was quoted by official media as saying.
Midday meals – a surefire way of ensuring attendance in West Bengals state-run schools – are taking a hit due to the escalating prices of rice and vegetables. The money given by the central and state governments for it is proving grossly inadequate.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s average property prices increased 21 percent last year as compared with 2007 levels, the People’s Bank of China said in a report posted to its Web site Friday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Home sales and prices for Taipei City and Taipei County both fell in January, a real estate brokerage firm said, yesterday, contradicting the view that property prices in Greater Taipei have spiraled out of control.