Tag Archives: China

Stock Market Slumps; Oil & Global Growth in Focus

Just when things started to get better, the U.S. stock market took another tumble. The stock market had just begun to regain ground after the worst few months since the global financial crisis when more bad data out of China …

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Apple Sells Record Amount of iPhones During Launch Weekend

Once again the iPhone giant has outdone itself. First weekend sales of the iPhone have been estimated at almost 13 million units. This comes after last years new iPhone sold, at the time a record, 10 million units. While boosted …

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China building airstrip in South China Sea, stirs international controversy

The South China Sea: despite having China in the name, it is hotly contested by the titular states as well as others, including Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines. According to several aerial surveillance photos taken by the United …

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U.S. Stock Market Goes For A Wild Ride

The U.S. stock market has been riding quite a roller coaster the passed two weeks to say the least. Just last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) saw gyrations of over one-thousand points in a single day. These huge …

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How Going Against China’s Currency is Bad for the U.S.

During Monday’s third and final presidential debate, former governor Mitt Romney attacked the Obama administration’s handling of inaccuracies in China’s currency appreciation rate stating that “China has not played by the same rules, in part by holding down artificially the …

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