China Moves to Limit Bank Lending

China ordered state-owned banks to limit lending as it moves to control inflation and prevent a credit bubble.

The Chinese government told the six largest state-owned banks to increase their reserves to 17.5% of deposits from 17%, The Associated Pres…

CNOOC and Chesapeake Sign a $2.2 Billion Deal

CNOOC, China’s top offshore oil producer, plans to buy buy one-third of Chesapeake Energy’s oil and natural gas acreage in the Eagle Ford Shale project in South Texas for $1.08 billion in cash. The companies believe the deal wi…

Luxury Carmakers Predict Strong Fourth Quarter

Luxury carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz forecast vigorous fourth quarter sales on growing demand from China.

BMW said it expects a “double-digit” percentage rise in fourth quarter deliveries, Bloomberg News said. Mercedes said it was “very confident” about continuing growth in the final three months of 2010.

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Sinochem Finds Little Govt. Support for Potash Bid

Sinochem Group may be unable to bid for Potash Corp. (POT), as the Chinese company is struggling to get state backing for the move.

The Chinese government has said it would prefer that the bid not be financed by credit from state banks, Bloomberg New…