Friday, December 3, 2010

China's Gold Imports Surge Fivefold


The size of the imports — more than 209 tons of gold during the first 10 months of the year, a fivefold increase from an estimate of 45 tons last year — was revealed on Thursday. In the past, China has kept the volume secret. http://www.cnbc.com/id/40483948

Ron Paul to Oversee the Fed?

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Asian Stocks Higher on Ireland Bailout

Asian stocks rose on Monday on news of Ireland's package of loans from the EU and IMF, but caution prevailed as investors eyed market reaction to China's latest moves to tackle its inflation.

The FTSE CNBC Asia 100 Index [.FTFCNBCA 6727.37 29.51 (+0.44%)] was up half a percent.

Japan's shares hit a fresh five-month intraday high, after having risen last week on the back of short-covering and year-end portfolio tweaking by overseas investors.  http://www.cnbc.com/id/40305512