How strong is U.S. Steel? Hard to tell

Nov 1, 2016
U.S. Steel will announce third-quarter earnings today. The stock climbed earlier this year after the U.S. won a steel trade dispute with China.  But U.S. Steel still faces lots of challenges – from other countries, from a global market glut, and from new U.S. producers coming online. That means predictions for U.S. Steel’s stock price […]
A welder at U.S. Steel's Federal shipyard circa 1944. 
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Starbucks doubles down on China

Oct 21, 2016
The company plans to open more than 2,000 additional stores in the next five years.
A Starbucks coffee shop, built in traditional Chinese style, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
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How one business brought back manufacturing jobs

Sep 28, 2016
Despite the political rhetoric, U.S. manufacturing is not in crisis.
A look inside the Zentech manufacturing facility.
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The guy who helps Chinese investors make it in Hollywood

Sep 21, 2016
Dominic Ng is the CEO of East West Bank and the surprising go-between for Chinese investors in the U.S.
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Chinese investors are buying up French farmland

Sep 19, 2016
French farmland is being sought by China in a bid to assure its own food supplies.
A farmer drives a combine harvester during a wheat harvest in Monthodon near Tours, central France.

 
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Britain mulls Chinese investment in nuclear station

Sep 14, 2016
Objections are mounting to Chinese involvement in a large nuclear power station.
The sun sets behind Electricite de France SA's (EDF) Hinkley Point B nuclear power station besides the Bristol Channel near Bridgwater on November 12, 2013 in Somerset, England. 

 
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Obama goes to Laos, a potential economic ally

Sep 5, 2016
It's the first visit of a sitting U.S. president to the landlocked nation
Obama is in town for the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hosted in Laos. 
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What's behind Uber's $1.2 billion loss

Aug 25, 2016
Lyft, China and driver subsidies are partly to blame.

'Warcraft' deal shows potential of video streaming in China

Aug 23, 2016
A lucrative streaming deal could open more revenue streams for U.S. movies.
A Chinese company has paid millions for the rights to stream the film "Warcraft."
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Chinese factories, American workers

Aug 12, 2016
More Chinese companies are setting up shop — and providing jobs — in states like South Carolina.
Greenfield Industries Operations Vice President Bobby Densmore holds his company’s product in front of an assembly line in Seneca, South Carolina. Greenfield was purchased by Chinese company TDC in 2009. It’s one of the many Chinese companies that are hiring American workers to assemble its products, reversing a global trend in manufacturing.
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