As if the Irish debt crisis weren’t enough, investors are worried once again about rising inflation in China. But officials in Beijing are quietly building an impressive record of economic management, and some analysts are conv…
Stocks closed slightly higher Friday after fluctuating most of the session as some better-than-expected quarterly earnings helped offset anxiety over China’s move to curb inflation.
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Volkswagen (VLKAY), Europe’s top carmaker, plans to invest €51.6 billion ($71 billion) over the next five years.
The company’s supervisory board approved the investments in plants, vehicles and development for the nine Volkswagen brands, Bloomberg News reported.
Volkswagen’s Chinese joint ventures will spend an extra €10.6 billion through 2015.
The company hopes to sell…
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China increased reserve requirements at banks in a bid to control inflation and head off a potential credit bubble.
State-owned banks must set aside an extra 0.5% of deposits as reserves, starting Nov. 29. That means some lenders could be setting asi…
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) raised the prices of some of the items on its menu in Chinese stores because of higher costs.
The increase “is because of higher raw material prices and we’ve adjusted our prices accordingly,” Sophia Luan, spokeswoman for McDon…