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EURO CRISIS

Buying a little more time

23 Sep 2012

Doing whatever it takes has become something of a mantra when it comes to dealing with the euro-zone crisis.

"We want to do everything we can to save the currency," says the head of the...

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Safe havens are now risky

23 Sep 2012

Sovereign debt forms, or sovereign bonds, are one of the oldest types of investments and are considered one of the safest.

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Euro break-up could be cure

21 Sep 2012

After a lengthy period of delay, confusion and behind-the-scenes bargaining, the 17 members of the euro zone appear no closer to resolving their most pressing issue: what to do with their currency...

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Explaining why so many forecasts fail

9 Sep 2012

Why did economists fail to predict the 2008-09 financial crisis? Why didn't seismologists see last year's Japanese earthquake coming? Why did US intelligence miss both September 11 and Pearl...

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Wen gives Merkel straight talk on euro crisis: Frankly, I'm worried

31 Aug 2012

Premier Wen Jiabao voiced his fears about the European debt crisis yesterday after a meeting with visiting German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel.

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New loans weaker than expected

11 Aug 2012

New loans advanced by banks on the mainland came in weaker than expected last month, suggesting a need for more effective stimulus policies to revive lacklustre demand in the economy, analysts say...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Home prices rise across mainland in July

Beijing's relaxation of monetary policy and its encouragement of flat purchases by first-time buyers lifted average property prices across 100 major mainland cities for a second month.

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The real life lessons to teach about China's economic model

We don't yet know exactly what Hong Kong's new textbooks on national and moral education will try to teach the city's schoolchildren about the superiority of China's economic model.

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Beijing is going backwards in pursuit of growth

The news last Friday that China's economy slowed to its lowest growth rate in three years caused anxiety around the world.

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No better time for economic reform

Just a few months ago, financial markets fell after Beijing cut the economy's growth target for this year to an eight-year low of 7.5 per cent. On Friday second-quarter growth came in at 7.6 per...

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Wen pledge to keep property market curbs

Premier Wen Jiabao reaffirmed the need for government measures to restrain the mainland's property market yesterday.

He spoke amid expectations that back-to-back interest rate cuts could...

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New homes on mainland reverse 9-month decline

Prices of new homes on the mainland in June rose for the first time in 10 months as a cut in interest rates buoyed buyer sentiment.

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