April 20 (Bloomberg) — Joseph Galli, chief executive officer of Techtronic Industries Co., the Hong Kong-based maker of Hoover vacuum cleaners and Ryobi power tools, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about the company’s sales outlook and growth strategy.
Galli, speaking from Hong Kong, also discusses how China’s currency policy may affect the company’s business in China. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:4:51
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April 16 (Bloomberg) — Nicolas Pechet, vice president for China at advisory group Global Intelligence Alliance, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about overseas acquisitions by Chinese energy and mining companies.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA may sell China Petroleum Corp. stakes in two oil blocks off Brazils northern coast as it seeks funds for the largest investment plan of any oil company in the world. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:3:31
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April 13 (Bloomberg) — Scott Licamele, a director at Red Star Asset Management LP, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about energy acquisitions by Chinese companies.
China Petrochemical Corp.s purchase of a stake in a Canada oil venture brings the nations spending on resources to $64 billion since 2005 and underlines its willingness to pay a premium for energy security. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:2:56
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April 12 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports from the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan, China about the outlook for China’s currency policy.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said April 10 an appreciation of the yuan benefits China as it would give the government a “valuable” tool for controlling inflation in the worlds fastest-growing major economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:2:23
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April 9 (Bloomberg) — Robert Morse, co-founder of Primus Financial Holdings Ltd., talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about his company’s agreement to buy 70% of Chapdelaine & Co., a New York-based municipal bond broker.
Morse, who is Citigroup Inc.s former Asia investment banking chief, also talks about the prospects for Taiwanese regulatory approval to acquire American International Group Inc.s local unit, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:5:57
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April 6 (Bloomberg) — Jonathan Stone, Christie’s International’s business director of Asian art, talked with Bloomberg’s Zeb Eckert on April 1 about demand for fine art and wine in mainland China, and the outlook for Christie’s upcoming auctions in Hong Kong. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:2:48
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April 1 (Bloomberg) — Sunny Wong Yat Ming, managing director at Trinity Ltd., the luxury menswear division of Li & Fung Group, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about the company’s performance and growth strategy.
Wong, speaking in Hong Kong, also discusses the potential impact of yuan appreciation on Trinity’s business. The Gieves & Hawkes clothier plans to add at least 55 outlets in China this year, mostly in second and third-tier cities, Wong said yesterday. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:3:49
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March 23 (Bloomberg) — Dong Tao, a Hong Kong-based economist at Credit Suisse Group AG, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about calls for China to allow its currency to appreciate. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:1:20
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March 23 (Bloomberg) — Rob Enderle, president of Enderle Group in San Jose, California, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li and Paul Gordon about Google Inc.’s decision to stop censoring search results in China.
Google began redirecting traffic from its Chinese home page to the company’s unfiltered Hong Kong site, outside of mainland China. The move, which escalates a two-month dispute with the government over censorship, was “totally wrong,” the official Xinhua news agency said. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:5:14
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March 18 (Bloomberg) — Susan Schwab, a former United States Trade Representative, talks with Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin and Heidi Couch from Hong Kong about the impact of U.S. calls for China to allow its currency to appreciate on the trade relationship between the two nations.
Five senators including Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced legislation March 16 to make it easier for the U.S. to declare currency misalignments and take corrective action. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:4:51
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