China

Budget Battles

  • Facebook's Chances in China? Slim to None

    By MELANIE LEE, Reuters

    When it comes to China, Facebook should consider itself forewarned. Cracking the world's biggest Internet population might seem an obvious ambition for the social networking giant as it trumpets its...

  • Yum Still Sees a Tasty Future in China

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Hard or soft? That’s been the big question surrounding the slowdown expected in China , the great hope of the global economy. Worries that the Chinese economy may be in for a “hard” landing – one...

  • China May Start Junk-Bond Market

    By ZHOU XIN and GABRIEL WILDAU, Reuters

    China may launch a junk-bond market as early as this month or next, local media said on Monday, a move that could expand access to credit for small, private firms now largely shut out of China's...

  • Unthinkable: Conflict between Israel and Iran

    By Patrick Smith

    The guessing game as to whether sanctions imposed last month against Iran for its nuclear program will work is over. They are already working. This past week the Iranian foreign minister, Ali Akbar...

  • Rolling the Dice on Macau Casinos

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    The year of the dragon is off to an explosive start, as much of Asia and Chinese communities worldwide greeted the lunar new year with fireworks and festivities. But the party atmosphere is nothing...