Going back to China for a moment -- some financial analysts have said that there are fresh signs that China might halt the appreciation of its currency.
At the moment China is the hottest area, with 20% yearly growth projected by Goldman Sachs.
More importantly, the producers of metals will need to do some intense math going forward even if they still realize a profit on shipments to China at the moment.
One day before China's big moment, the Olympic opening ceremonies, a dull haze hung over Beijing.
In fact China is, at the moment, the only entity that can launch astronauts into low earth orbit.
At the moment, the China luxury market is continuing to boom.
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Despite the slow down at the moment, BCG thinks China will surpass both Japan and the United States within two years.
Aditya Mittal, president and chief financial officer of his father's company, told a recent London conference (run by a consultancy, World Steel Dynamics, and Metal Bulletin) that one of the emerging majors would be bound to be Chinese, despite the extreme fragmentation of China's industry at the moment.
The FOMC and China manufacturing news have, for the moment, overshadowed the festering European Union sovereign debt crisis.
Indeed, China seems to be embracing art at the moment and the art world is blowing air kisses back.
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Several times, deals were nearly announced with Apple by China Mobile, but seemingly at the last moment, the deal fell through and Apple walked away.
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But in a moment of strategic thinking, I committed The China Business Network to hosting an event on opportunities in the healthcare sector in China, in Boston on June 3.
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At the moment big structural shifts, such as the growth of China and India, are influencing prices less than one might think.
So commodities companies such as BHP Billiton are now deciding that the reduced demand for their products from China make it harder to justify investing in those projects for the moment.
The first wing, inevitably, houses a permanent exhibition on China, and temporary displays of other cultures (Islamic calligraphy at the moment).
Some, though, remain hopeful that Doha can see a "big-bang" moment, pointing to the fact that the new leadership in China and the re-elected President Obama are both making optimistic noises about climate.
If there's one country in the world which is driving the world economy at the moment in terms of differences at the margin, it's China.
At the moment, for instance, India and Mexico are trying to fend off cheap imports from China.
For the moment, there is growth in U.S. demand as a result of tourists coming here from China, India, and Brazil.
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