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down 9.2% now....

No, 100% sure.

I believe u should be more careful of what u say here.... What u put out of your mouth tells a lot about what kind of species u really are.

BTW, in mainland China, locals seldom buy shares of banks b'coz they know that they are in pretty bad shape. The reason why they got listed was that the government injected a lot of money to lower the bad loan ratio before the IPO. But structurally their issues hv yet to be fixed. Local...

I hv just heard that the government wants to raise the down-payment from 30% to 40-50% of the total mortgage amt. Shenzhen 2nd-tier housing price has already dropped ~10% in last 2 mths. It may drop further due to this news. But it is unclear how this news will affect the market tomorrow.

Long ER2 @786.7 at ~2:30. Up nearly 10pts now. I live in Hong Kong ;)

BTW, real-time quote is free in China (there is no exchange-fee). Software is free of charge too. http://www.dfzq.com.cn I am not aware of any English version available...

Quite interesting.... - original map http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/ - recent revision http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/135-update-on-the-gdp-map-of-the-usa/ 1. California, it is often said, would be the...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=adnSs4grfQlQ&refer=home Pls see the end of this article about this amazing housewife.... Housewives Outmaneuver UBS, Deutsche Bank Trading Yen (Update4) By Kosuke Goto June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese businessmen, housewives and...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/business/worldbusiness/28scene.html?em&ex=1183262400&en=dd0a716ef1cda327&ei=5087 Who makes the Apple iPod? Here¡¦s a hint: It is not Apple. The company outsources the entire manufacture of the device to a number of Asian enterprises, among them Asustek...

Try TWSStart. You can find it in IB forum.

The A-share (China share in RMB, listed in Shanghai/Shenzhen) and H-share (China share in HK Dollar, listed in Hongkong) are going crazy b'coz of many reasons. I will only mention 2 reasons that you may not be aware of: i) smart money are rediscovering that these companies should deserve a...

China government USD reserve just reached one trillion last mth. So if the statement suggested by this topic is true, they are not really "diversifying" their reserve, they are dumping all of it, not a penny left. Some "news" are so ridiculous that you don't even need to double check to...

Another myth is that the Chinese government is giving a lot of subsidies to local companies. This is simply not true. They do give subsidies.... but only to big banks (to write off their debts) or some firms that are crucial to China economies such as telecom companies like Huawei. For...

To some extent it is true. A bigger problem is that historically China has produced a lot of ppl who betrayed their motherland and helped foreigners to invade their land. In WW2, Japan recruited a lot of Chinese to their armies. It is not unusual that there were more Chinese than Japanese...

Even up to 1500 China had the biggest fleet in the world, biggest cities in the world, etc. It was simply the superpower at the time. But within a few hundred years China was reduced to a country bullied by nearly every western countries and Japan. The lesson is that figures don't...

- most of the ppl in China are pleasants and their avg income is ~USD450 a yr - making more than USD15k a yr is extremely difficult in mainland China. Actually less than 5% of the population belongs to this elite group - unemployment of fresh graduate is over 30% - vulnerable bank system -...

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- About four years ago, Dave Cummings moved his trading firm's computers from a storefront in this Kansas City suburb to buildings in New York and New Jersey that house central computers for two big electronic stock exchanges. The move shaved a precious fraction of a...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116615315551251136.html?mod=hps_us_pageone NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- About four years ago, Dave Cummings moved his trading firm's computers from a storefront in this Kansas City suburb to buildings in New York and New Jersey that house central computers for two...

this gal is rich. The news article confirms that she has spent millions purchasing companies/properties in the last few mths. However, it is unclear how much she has. It is said that she has 2-4B RMB (USD500M).