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Wuhan, coronavirus ground zero, lifts lockdown

Tens of thousands of people, some in full protective gear, poured out of Wuhan on Wednesday, thronging the city’s airport, railway stations and highways as authorities lifted an 11-week lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic’s initial epicenter, reported the Wall Street Journal. At the drop of midnight on Wednesday morning, Chinese authorities began allowing people who can prove […]

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JPMorgan unit steps closer to taking over its Chinese mutual fund venture

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s asset management arm said Friday it has reached an agreement with its partner to take full ownership of a Chinese mutual fund joint venture, reported Caixin. JPMorgan Asset Management plans to buy Shanghai International Trust Co. Ltd.’s 49% stake in China International Fund Management Co. Ltd., the joint venture they formed […]

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EU imposes tariffs on glass fiber from China, Egypt

The European Union will impose tariffs of up to 99.7% on glass fiber producers in China and Egypt that it accuses of selling at unfairly low prices, in a closely watched and rare case involving Chinese companies operating abroad, reported Reuters. The EU will apply tariffs of 20.0-99.7% from Tuesday for the next five years, […]

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Maybe facing a Depression… and maybe not

Last week’s piece was headlined “Facing A Recession,” and everything that has happened this week has confirmed that. This is now a recession. In the past day or two we have heard talk of the next step – a global depression. The last time that happened, in the 1930s, it took a decade and more […]

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Luckin Coffee shares plunge 75% on internal probe into fabricated sales

Luckin Coffee has revealed that an internal investigation found hundreds of millions of dollars of sales last year were “fabricated”, wiping almost 75% from the value of the company touted as China’s rival to Starbucks, reported the Financial Times.  The coffee chain, which listed on Wall Street less than a year ago, put investors on notice that they […]