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Property Investors Lie in Wait in China

April 11, 2012

Cash-strapped Chinese property companies may face a reckoning this year amid high debts and a government campaign to bring down housing prices. If that happens, a number of outside investors are waiting to step in.

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Rowdy Class of 2007 Is Causing Problems

April 4, 2012

Five-year loans made at the height of the boom in 2007 are coming due this year, and so far the results aren’t pretty.

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Beijing to Continue Property Curbs

January 13, 2012

The Beijing municipal government will continue home-purchase restrictions this year to curb speculation and reduce prices, the city’s mayor said.

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Singapore Construction Demand to Drop

January 11, 2012

Private-sector construction demand in Singapore could fall by more than 50% this year compared with last year due to the effect of the global and domestic economic woes on the domestic property market.

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Hawaii Bankers Planning for More Commercial Real Estate Lending

June 5, 2011

Lenders in Hawaii are planning to do more commercial real estate lending this year, thanks to expanding local businesses and real estate investor activity[1]. In fact, many Hawaiian lenders like First Hawaiian and Hawaii …

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Wharf Plans to Ramp Up China Investment

March 23, 2011

Wharf (Holdings) underlying profit rose just 1.2% last year. This year, the conglomerate plans to increase investment in China’s property market.

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Perennial China Retail Trust Nears Singapore IPO

February 23, 2011

A unit of property-investment firm Perennial Real Estate is likely to file a prospectus for a $780.6 million initial public offering soon, in what will be the first of several big-ticket IPOs this year.

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Natascha Gewaltig, chief European economist at Action Economics, says the European Central Bank is likely to raise interest rates in the first half of this year.

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

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Gewaltig Sees ECB Rate Hike First Half of 2011: Audio

February 16, 2011

Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Natascha Gewaltig, chief European economist at Action Economics, says the European Central Bank is likely to raise interest rates in the first half of this year.

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Yuan Gain Limited to 1.9% This Year on Euro Drop, Survey Shows

February 16, 2011

By Bloomberg News June 20 (Bloomberg) — The yuan’s appreciation may be limited to 1.9 percent against the dollar this year as the euro’s slump hurts exporters, a survey of economists showed after China signaled an end to a two-year peg. The currency will probably climb to 6.7 per dollar by Dec

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Santos Seeks Landslide Win in Colombia as World Cup Keeps Voters at Home

February 16, 2011

By Helen Murphy June 20 (Bloomberg) — Colombians may hand a landslide victory today to presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos , won over by his pledges to build on Alvaro Uribe ’s successes in boosting investment and beating back Marxist rebels.

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