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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US		  The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are taking... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
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US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Tue 9 Mar 2010
By Peter J Brown The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US interests... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year  The Boston Globe  Tue 9 Mar 2010
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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A teller counts Chinese yuan notes at a money exchange in Hong Kong Thursday, July 21, 2005. China said it will no longer peg its currency, the yuan, to the U.S. dollar but instead let it float in a tight band against a basket of foreign currencies. The yuan has been strengthened, effective immediately, to a rate of 8.11 to the U.S. dollar - compared to the 8.28 it has been set at for more than a decade - and the new trading regime will begin Friday, the government said in an announcement on state televi  The Times of India  Tue 9 Mar 2010
China calls US Treasuries important, may buy gold
BEIJING: China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the US Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of adding to its gold holdings. The... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
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A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Asia Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
South Korea back on track
By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Business   Economy   Exports   Photos   S Korea
Philippine -Economy -Investment -Building Inquirer Tue 9 Mar 2010
RP is 4th most corrupt country in Southeast Asia—poll
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is ranked as the fourth most corrupt country in Southeast Asia out of 16 surveyed by over 2,000 expatriate businessmen, according to... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam)
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In this April 22, 2009 photo, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. office building is shown in New York. The Guardian Tue 9 Mar 2010
China deals to rise, new energy in focus -JPMorgan
HONG KONG, March 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan expects to see more deals and new business in China this year, particularly as new energy and natural resources companies aim to... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
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