Despite China's tea culture, Starbucks successfully established itself as a public venue in which professional tribes gather to proclaim their affiliation with the new-generation elite.
Global investors, including U.S. institutional investors, submitted bids totaling more than four times the debt on offer, underscoring confidence in China despite data released Monday showing that its economy slowed unexpectedly in the first quarter of the year.
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They declined in China, despite growth for other drinks, led by Martell brandy, which drove overall 18% growth.
Yet, despite strong fundamentals in China, and 9% GDP growth forecast again this year, oil prices are declining.
Fortunately, there are some reasons to hope that avoiding a hard landing in China, despite the difficulties, is possible.
Nike pleased investors with its fiscal second quarter results, despite continued weakness in China and margin pressure.
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And China, despite its growing wealth, accounts for just 3% of global trade.
The export sector, despite tough competition from China, began growing again last year, bolstered in part by higher oil prices.
Still, despite such warnings, China has much to lose should the investigation gain traction and further weaken European demand for panels.
Despite cooled enthusiasm in China, Rolls-Royce sold more cars last year than ever before, according to sales numbers released today.
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Despite his enthusiasm for China, Ng is well aware of the pitfalls.
Ironically, despite the notion that China was a runaway train, the iShares FTSE Xinhua only recently started posting gains and is up a modest 0.5% YTD.
Multinationals are investing record numbers in China, despite these trends.
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The report points out that EU investment in research is lower than in the US, Japan, Brazil, Russia, India and China, despite a rise in recent years, and that there are major differences between EU member states.
But few analysts seemed to notice the China situation, despite Tim Cook openly talking about it.
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Locke, 61, reminded China reporters that despite the downgrade, investors were still treating Treasury debt as the global safe haven asset of choice.
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Despite decent monthly growth for China corporate earnings in the industrial sector, even China bulls at Barclays remain cautious on the long term outlook for the country.
Despite a burgeoning supply from China and demand from the Middle East, Josephine Ive, who heads up Magnums Butlers and trains 600 Chinese service staff yearly, says her students are often hesitant to make the trip.
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.
So despite the sell-off in China equities Monday, Audrey Kaplan still likes China.
Despite the shipment growth opportunities that China offers, smartphone OEMs will have to contend with local vendors ZTE and Huawei whose cost structures are tailored to deliver smartphones and homologated content ecosystems at the lower price points needed to drive growth across the country.
Apple's results also weighed on Asian markets, which ended mostly lower despite preliminary data showing manufacturing activity in China accelerated in January.
Despite the nuisances, Apple clearly views China as more positive than negative.
In emerging markets such as Asia and China, demand has increased despite a rising price, and a declining price might even trigger further buying.
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With the world focused on the video game business at E3 2012, one market that continues to grow, despite persisting problems with piracy, is China.
The Stoxx 600 banks index was up 0.5%, despite a report that the Bank of China has suspended currency swaps with European banks that had troubling euro exposure.
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Many in the shipping industry see a sluggish year ahead for Chinese exports, a cornerstone for the nation's economy, despite other indications of growing demand for China's products.
Despite a fall of almost 4%, China remains the country with the single-largest number of students.
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As it is, despite growing only single digits this year, China demand for food and fuel continues unabated.
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