China's influence in global commodity trading will rise in the coming years amid steady economic growth in the country,?? the president of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, or HKMEx, ??said at a seminar in Shanghai yesterday. The country's share of global exchange-traded contacts "will only increase," said HKMEx President Albert Helmig. China accounted for 31% ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 04:40

The bulls say that the setback in China's economy is a buying opportunity. Here's why I don't agree.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 15:28

Word of new business at Beijing Orient Landscape, the interior design and??landscape architecture company run by one of the world's wealthiest women, wasn't enough to help the stock today. Beijing Orient in an announcement unveiled contracts with the city of Donggang in Liaoning Province worth about $175 million that involve "greenifying" the city. Chairman He ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

Premier Wen Jiabao thinks turmoil could be just over the horizon.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 00:53

Elite political purges are increasingly rare in China. The last high-level scalp was a Shanghai party chief ousted for corruption in 2006. Now it?s the turn of Bo Xilai, party secretary of mega-municipality Chongqing and a contender for a top slot in the leadership later this year. No longer: Bo is out of a job. ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 12:41

Guest post written by Irv Rothman Irv Rothman is CEO of HP Financial Services. Cloud computing may be the most disruptive technology for businesses since the Internet. Cloud doesn't just optimize IT departments, it has the power to change how a business operates. The transformative power of cloud computing, however, is not easy to understand ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 18:26

For information technology leaders, cloud computing offers opportunities to make their jobs easier and help business technology shine. But what does it mean to be an IT leader in an era of do-it-yourself IT? Two new surveys suggest as cloud moves into the mainstream of business, it brings new sources of anxiety as well. A ...

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 16:56

Well, so much for Cisco getting out of the cable equipment business. Remember those rumors that the networking giant was shopping around its Scientific Atlanta cable set-top box business? Well, turns out what they are really doing is doubling down: Cisco this morning announced a deal to acquire NDS, ?a leading provider of video software ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:53

With the acquisition of NDS Group, Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is getting bigger, expanding the scale and scope of its operations, but is it getting better in competing effectively against its peers? Is it getting better for its stockholders? If history offers any clues, the answer is no.?? Over the last 15 years, Cisco has been on ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 20:23

Today?s announcement that (CSCO) will buy NDS for $5 billion in cash should put a big smile on . (NWSA) CEO, ?s face (Disclosure: I have conducted advisory work for Murdoch). And he needs cheering up. NDS is an Israeli company that makes technology to keep people from stealing satellite video services as well as??systems ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 15:24