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China’s latest shortage: blood
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While China gobbles up resources around the world, there’s one thing it can’t get enough of: plasma. Last month Chen Zhu, Beijing’s minister of health, rang the alarm about a nationw ...
 
Indian airlines: a bad year, for most
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The new year is shaping up to be just as bad as the last one for India’s embattled aviation industry. On Thursday, the FT reported that cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines was at risk of losing it ...
 
12 for 2012: Turkey, a model for the Arab world
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This post is the eighth of a series – 12 for 2012 – that beyondbrics is running on key emerging markets topics for the new year. By David Gardner A year that began fizzing with hope and pent-up ye ...
 
The end of risk-on, risk-off?
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This may sound way ahead of the game but Barclays Capital reckons the chances of a better than expected outcome for Europe and the US will lead to a “breakdown in correlation” between the ...
 
Buffett to sing for Chinese New Year
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Investors looking for musical inspiration for 2012 could do worse than tune in to Chinese television later this month. Warren Buffett, widely revered in China for his investment savvy, will sing and p ...
 
Cove Energy: an M&A catalyst?
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Investors in oil and gas stocks could be excused for feeling weary after a bleak 2011 – but groups focussed on East Africa look set to provide some welcome relief. Cove Energy – an Aim-listed ...
 
Argentina’s new year tariff hikes
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January 6 is traditionally a gift-giving day in Argentina – the Epiphany, or “Reyes” (Kings) as it is known here, can be expected to bring (at least for children) a present to round off the Chri ...
 
[video] Hungary on the edge
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A combination of domestic unrest and adverse economic conditions threaten to destabilise Hungary, says Stefan Wagstyl ...
 
Cuba and China at odds… over shale gas
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China loves shale gas. Just this week a Chinese company spent $2.5bn on US shale oil and gas assets, in part to help meet the country’s voracious appetite for energy. Gas demand is estimated to ...
 
London headlines
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* Hungary crisis deepens as yields soar * Pentagon to focus on China and Mideast * Iran, West say ready to resume nuclear talks * US groups have $2tn to play with this year * Asian banks battle fo ...
 
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