Rapid build-up of debt is of more concern than the absolute level as Beijing faces a tough challenge to sow growth without spreading financial turmoil

The author is Gary Dugan, chief investment officer at National Bank of Abu Dhabi The downing of a civilian airline is a serious worsening of the crisis in the Ukraine. Whilst we might make light of the central bankers, politicians are now called on to act responsibly to defuse a possible major geopolitical crisis in […]

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Organized collective violence in the industrial age is tragedy, disaster, and devastation; it solves no political problems. War has become a continuation not of politics, as Clausewitz thought, but of political failure.

There are limits to what outsiders can do in the Middle East. Sometimes, policymakers need to focus on preventing things from getting worse, rather than on ambitious agendas for improvement; this is one of those times.

The key to the economic-performance gap between the US and the EU in the last three years is the resilience of private consumption by American households. How were US households able to reduce their debt burden during a period of high unemployment and …

Chinese private equity firm SAIF Partners has joined fellow China-focused private equity firm WestSummit Capital, as well as U.S. venture funds Thomwest Ventures and Altos Ventures,  in a new round of funding worth US$15.2 million for Mountain View, California-based social media analytics firm NetBase, according to a company announcement. SAIF Partners is a new investor […]

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U.S.-based PPG Industries has reached a definitive agreement to sell substantially all the assets of its Mt. Zion, Illinois, glass manufacturing facility to China-based automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass America Inc. The sale in the United States is expected to close in the third quarter 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not […]

Air travelers in China hoping for a relaxing moment at an airport lounge to get online, have a free lunch, or find a quiet meeting place will soon need to look elsewhere. China's three major telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have sent out an internal memo telling their local branches to […]

Abbott and Fonterra have signed an agreement to jointly build a cow breeding base in China. This is reportedly the first time for Abbott to enter the upstream milk farm sector. According to the agreement, if this project is approved, Abbott and Fonterra will jointly invest USD300 million, which is about CNY1.8 billion, to build […]

Chinese technology behemoth Lenovo is helping American students learn more about mobile software development. Lenovo announced a new agreement with the National Academy Foundation in the United States to bring a robust mobile app development curriculum and delivery program to NAF academies in the United States. The two organizations will provide curriculum and technology to […]

Chinese technology behemoth Lenovo is helping American students learn more about mobile software development. Lenovo announced a new agreement with the National Academy Foundation in the United States to bring a robust mobile app development curriculum and delivery program to NAF academies in the United States. The two organizations will provide curriculum and technology to […]