June 1 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Mike Firn reports on Honda Motor Co.’s decision to raise workers’ monthly wages after a parts factory strike shut down almost all Chinese production.
The workers will receive a 24 percent pay increase to 1,910 yuan ($280 dollars) per month, the Tokyo-based company said in a faxed statement today. Most workers have accepted the offer, while talks continue with those who are unsatisfied, Honda said. Bloomberg’s Susan Li also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
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May 25 (Bloomberg) — Fred Hochberg, president of the Export-Import Bank, talks with Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle about U.S.-China trade and the two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue that concludes in Beijing today.
China and the U.S. focused their first day of talks in Beijing on joint efforts to prop up the worlds economy in the face of a European sovereign-debt crunch that pushed off a showdown on the yuans value. The Obama administration sees China as central to its goal of doubling exports in five years and creating 2 million U.S. jobs. (Source: Bloomberg)
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May 6 (Bloomberg) — Wei Zhou, chief financial officer at Charm Communications Inc., a Beijing-based television advertising agency, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li and Paul Gordon about the company’s stock listing in the U.S. and the outlook for China’s ad industry. ¶
Charm sold $74.2 million of American depositary receipts at $9.50 each yesterday, within the forecast price range of $9 to $11, according to Bloomberg data. The shares slipped 1.1 percent to $9.40 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. (Source: Bloomberg)
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April 29 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Paul Gordon and Susan Li report on Baidu Inc.’s financial results.
Baidu, operator of Chinas most-popular online search engine, said profit more than doubled, beating analysts estimates, sending the shares up as much as 15 percent in after-hours U.S. trading yesterday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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