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Should China Build A Bloomberg Terminal Rival?

Xinhua Weighs In On Bloomberg Snooping Scandal

The state news agency says China must protect its interests by reducing its dependence on Wall Street's favorite data service.

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Communist Lux: Fancy Car Demand Down In China

Luxury car prices declined 3.4% in April, showing just how much demand for luxury goods by the country's civil servants affects prices.

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Goldman (GS) To Sell Off Stake In China's Biggest Bank

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Silver Prices Join Gold In Retreat As Inflationary Concerns Abate And Asian Economic Situation Seen Improving

Silver Mirroring Gold's Plunge?

India Moves Forward In Policy To Lower Cost Of Pharmaceuticals; Medicine Is Expected To Be 25% Cheaper, 80% Less For Cancer Drugs

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  • Trade Alert: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)

    Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) shares crack the 50-Day Moving Average. Wednesday shares of Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF closed...

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    Finding Opportunity Far and Near

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  • IRS Scandal: Lois Lerner Pleads The Fifth; Issa Issues Subpoena

    IRS Official To Take The 5th On Those Alleged 501 (c)(4)s

    Lois Lerner, who heads the tax-exempt application division, sparked a media frenzy when she issued an apology May 10.

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  • Euro Set For Another Week of Disappointing Data

    Euro Set For Another Week of Disappointing Data

    After last week's GDP data spelled disappointment for the eurozone, the common currency seems poised for another week of pressure as more economic...

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  • A Dead Cat Bounce for Gold Prices

    A Dead Cat Bounce for Gold Prices

    On Monday, May 13, 2013 we wrote that Gold Prices would Re-Test $1350/oz level and so they did, trading sub $1340/0z at one stage. Gold had fallen...

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  • Gold Demand Remains Strong As Buying Records Continue To Tumble
  • Chinese Rush To Ghana For Gold, Monopolize Small-Scale Mines
  • Gold Prices Continue to Fall
Precious Metals More
  • Silver Prices Join Gold In Retreat As Inflationary Concerns Abate And Asian Economic Situation Seen Improving

    Silver Mirroring Gold's Plunge?

    Fading inflation fears, among other factors, have weighed on both precious metals.

  • Chinese Rush To Ghana For Gold, Monopolize Small-Scale Mines
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  • Gold Sales Booming In China and India Following Price Drop
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  • Why Japan's Yen Is Sinking And Its Stock Market Is Soaring, So Far It's Not A 'Currency War'

    Japan's Currency Drops While Stock Market Pops

    The yen plummets, the Nikkei pops and the world's G-20 finance leaders say "ho-hum" regarding Japan's forced currency devaluation.

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    Sex Sells, Even In Broke Greece

    Almost every industry is suffering in Greece, crippled by unemployment. But prostitution is booming.

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    Warren Buffet Buys HJ Heinz For $23.3B; Other Companies Owned By Berskshire Hathaway [PHOTOS]

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    Chinese College Graduates Cannot Find Jobs

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