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Posts Tagged ‘ Standard Chartered Bank ’

Chinese Economy to Overtake US by 2035

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Emerging Markets, Featured, Financial News

According to a recent report Chinese economic growth is being driven by domestic demand rather than exports. From Breitbart:

The report by economist Albert Keidel of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said China’s rapid growth is driven by domestic demand more than exports, and will sustain high single-digit growth rates well into the 21st century.

“China’s economic performance clearly is no flash in the pan,” Keidel writes.



Barclays To Raise $8.9 Billion With Help From Sovereign Wealth Funds

Jun 26th, 2008 | By Mike Caggeso | Category: Featured, Financial News, International Investing

Starving for capital and hell-bent on retaining its handsome dividend, Barclays PLC (ADR: pAs much as 1.58 million shares will be sold to existing investors China Investment Bank and Singapore’s stronga href="http://www.temasekholdings.com.sg/" onclick="s_objectID="Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd/a/strongstrong., /strongas well as new investors Japan’s a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=674312" onclick="s_objectID=" finance?cid="674312_1";return">Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Qatar Investment Authority and Challenger – a fund that represents “the beneficial interests” of Qatar’s royal family.