A-shares: A lesson in volatility

May 9, 2008 by Tim Burroughs

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A stock market analyst I know recently left his job at a Shanghai-based brokerage to take up a new position running the trading team for a private investment company. (See the May cover story for details of how these private investment companies are widening their interests from purely stock trading to incorporating private equity as [.

CER links: Private equity, Kurt Vonnegut book club

May 9, 2008 by CER Del.icio.us

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What we’ve been reading recently: Seeking Alpha: Progress or Pipe Dreams? Private Equity / Venture Capital in China - Shaun Rein moderates a high-powered panel of China PE folks on the state of the industry| capital equity pe private vc venture In These Times: Book Club of Champions - Insightful account of a Kurt Vonnegut [..

China this week: Alibaba and MicroHoo, Hu Jintao visits Japan

May 8, 2008 by Wong Joon Ian

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Highlights from the last week of China business news. Is Ballmer giving Ma an ulcer? Alibaba’s chief Jack Ma must be following the Microsoft/Yahoo takeover saga with a bottle of Pepto-Bismol in hand.

Not much life in China's virtual worlds

Chinese entrepreneurs' answers to Second Life are early stage, but they see potential for brand-building, worker training, and e-commerce

China's Li Ning toe-to-toe against Nike and Adidas

Chinese athletic wear maker Li Ning is raising its international profile to win over shoppers at home

Behind China's anti-foreigner fever

Much of the anger has been directed at CNN for its allegedly biased coverage of protests in Tibet and along the route of the Olympic flame

Behind the run on rice

Despite bumper crops in Vietnam and India, export limits and bans have created a global shortage and driven up prices

Tops in tourism, too?

Thanks to a surge of foreign and domestic travelers, mainland tourism is booming as the Olympics near. Ritz-Carlton and Wyndham are riding the wave