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
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
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
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
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
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
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
March 17 (Bloomberg) — Scott Kessler, senior director for technology sector equity research at Standard & Poors, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothmam about Google Inc.’s performance versus Chinese market leader Baidu Inc.
Kessler also discusses implications for Google if the company shuts its Web site in China. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:4:35
March 11 (Bloomberg) — Fred DeLuca, co-founder of the Subway sandwich shop chain, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li from Beijing about the company’s expansion into China. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:7:35
March 9 (Bloomberg) — William Dong, an analyst at UBS AG, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about the outlook for Taiwan’s economy and stocks.
UBS has cut its forecast for Taiwan’s Taiex index by 9 percent to 8,000, saying the economy may have peaked and technology shipments will return to “normalized” levels. (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:3:47