query: who are the main trading partners of china?

title: Economy of Spain

text: of 2016 is led by banking (including Banco Santander and BBVA), clothing (Inditex), telecommunications (Telefónica) and energy (Iberdrola). Traditionally until 2008, most exports and imports from Spain were held with the countries of the European Union: France, Germany, Italy, UK and Portugal. In recent years foreign trade has taken refuge outside the European Union. Spain's main customers are Latin America, Asia (Japan, China, India), Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt) and the United States. Principal trading partners in Asia are Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan. In Africa, countries producing oil (Nigeria, Algeria, Libya) are important partners, as well as Morocco. Latin American

title: China–Mozambique relations

text: Shanghai and Maputo share a sister city relationship. From 1992 to 2003, 22 Mozambicans went to China as international students. Estimates for the number of Chinese nationals residing in Mozambique ranged from 1,500 to 12,000. China's pattern of trade with Mozambique differs from that with their major trading partners on the African continent, such as Angola, Nigeria, and Sudan. China mainly imports agricultural and fisheries products from Mozambique, but few raw materials, while exporting manufactured goods and machinery. Between 2004 and 2006, bilateral trade tripled in value from US$70 million to US$210 million, making China one of Mozambique's three largest

title: Commodity trading in China

text: Commodity trading in China Commodity trading in China has a short but high-growth history. With an increasing product variety and deepening liquidity pools, the mainland's futures market is playing an increasingly important role in serving the national economy. At present, the commodity markets in China are still in a development stage, with only a few exchanges in China trading in a small group of commodities. In the next few years, the Chinese government will gradually allow more commodities products to be traded in China along with various related derivatives. Tony of the nation's three commodity futures exchanges totaled 40.97 trillion

title: Commodity trading in China

text: 1999. The China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX), the country's first financial futures exchange, was inaugurated in October 2006. The long-awaited CSI300, the first mainland stock index futures, will be traded on this bourse, which is working to the launch. Commodity trading in China Commodity trading in China has a short but high-growth history. With an increasing product variety and deepening liquidity pools, the mainland's futures market is playing an increasingly important role in serving the national economy. At present, the commodity markets in China are still in a development stage, with only a few exchanges in China trading in a

title: PDT Partners

text: City. Peter Muller, the CEO of PDT, who started PDT as Morgan Stanley's proprietary trading group, was described by Bloomberg.com as an "unlikely executive", a 47-year-old math wizard, and a person with diverse intellectual interests and hobbies. PDT Partners PDT Partners (Process Driven Trading Partners) is a hedge fund company, led by quantitative trader Peter Muller, that was founded in 1993 as part of Morgan Stanley's trading division and spun out as an independent business in 2012. It has offices in New York City and London. PDT Partners started out as a proprietary trading division (called the Process Driven Trading

title: History of foreign relations of the People's Republic of China

text: sources of diplomatic recognition, as alternative sources of trade and technology to reduce reliance on one or the other superpower, and as part of China's security calculations. In the 1980s China stressed the role of developed nations in ensuring peace in an increasingly multipolar world. Australia and Canada were important trading partners for China, but Beijing's most important relations with the developed world were with Japan and Europe. Japan has been by far the most important to China of the developed nations. Among the reasons for this are geographical proximity and historical and cultural ties, China's perception of Japan as

title: Economy of China

text: which, trade with developing countries became negligible, though during that time, Hong Kong and Taiwan both began to emerge as major trading partners. Since economic reforms began in the late 1970s, China sought to decentralize its foreign trade system to integrate itself into the international trading system. In November 1991, China joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group, which promotes free trade and cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, and technology spheres. China served as APEC chair in 2001, and Shanghai hosted the annual APEC leaders meeting in October of that year. After reaching a bilateral WTO agreement with the

title: Economy of Milan

text: Russia, Turkey and the European Union (especially other Italian cities). In non-European trade, the main trading, exporting and importing partners are China, Hong Kong, the countries of North Africa, Singapore and United Arab Emirates. The city's main export products are electronics, electrical engineering, steel, textile and clothing products and motor vehicles (which, however, has dropped drastically in 2005 by 28.6%). On import side of things, the main partners in Milan South Korea, Thailand, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. The imported goods from around 86% of these countries. Also, the city imports a significant amount from South American countries

title: Argentina–China relations

text: experienced changes within their trade evaluations. The rate of soybean production of five South American countries a part of Mercosur witnessed a 221.4% growth from 1995 to 2010. Argentina is one of China's main trading partners in South America; the trade between both countries amounting to nearly $13 billion in US currency. Before 2008, the amount of exports Argentina sent to China accounted to be US $5.796 billion, and the imports from China to Argentina totaled to be US $7.649 billion. The trade exchange between Argentina and China showed an 80% export of soybean products to China from Argentina, and

title: China

text: trading partner of Brazil and building strategic links with Argentina. China has the second biggest economy in the world. According to Bloomberg News, China is planning to reduce the average tariff rate on imports from its trading partners by October 2018. In July 2018, China had also cut import tariffs on approximately 1,500 consumer products so as to open up the economy of the country. In September 2018, the US announced that it would increase tariffs on US$250 billion of goods from China, from 10% to 25%, leading China to also increase tariffs on US$110 billion of products from the

title: China–Mozambique relations

text: trading partners, behind South Africa and Portugal. China has also become a major buyer of Mozambican timber; despite local regulations forbidding the export of unprocessed logs, which aim to force foreign countries hoping to gain access to Mozambican resources to invest in setting up processing facilities in the country, many logs are exported illegally. Chinese businessmen are not typically involved in the actual practise of logging; instead, it is performed mainly by locals, who then bring the logs to buyers in port cities. China has also become an increasingly important player in Mozambique's construction industry; over one-third of Mozambique's new

title: PDT Partners

text: PDT Partners PDT Partners (Process Driven Trading Partners) is a hedge fund company, led by quantitative trader Peter Muller, that was founded in 1993 as part of Morgan Stanley's trading division and spun out as an independent business in 2012. It has offices in New York City and London. PDT Partners started out as a proprietary trading division (called the Process Driven Trading Group) of multinational financial services corporation Morgan Stanley in 1993. According to "Bloomberg", PDT's investments have returned an estimated annual average of more than 20 percent through 2010. In January 2011, Morgan Stanley announced that it would

title: Xetra (trading system)

text: transaction costs, equality, geographical location, and the anonymity of trading partners in its favour. The main challenges discerned were to ensure system stability and availability, scalability, latency, and long-term growth in market activity. The Xetra trading technology was positioned as a brand product while it was still being developed. The intention was to be able to better position Xetra among trading participants and in the public eye, and to license it to other exchange operators. The trading technology of Xetra was designed and implemented on the basis of Eurex trading technology; this was undertaken on behalf of Deutsche Börse AG

title: China–Nigeria relations

text: networks. China–Nigeria relations The bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People's Republic of China have expanded on growing bilateral trade and strategic cooperation. China is considered one of Nigeria's closest allies and partners. China is also one of Nigeria's important trading and export partners. According to a 2014 BBC World Service Poll, 80% of Nigerians view China's influence positively, with only 10% expressing a negative view, making Nigeria the most pro-Chinese nation in the world. Nigeria and the People's Republic of China established formal diplomatic relations on February 10, 1971. Relations between the two nations grew

title: China–Nigeria relations

text: China–Nigeria relations The bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People's Republic of China have expanded on growing bilateral trade and strategic cooperation. China is considered one of Nigeria's closest allies and partners. China is also one of Nigeria's important trading and export partners. According to a 2014 BBC World Service Poll, 80% of Nigerians view China's influence positively, with only 10% expressing a negative view, making Nigeria the most pro-Chinese nation in the world. Nigeria and the People's Republic of China established formal diplomatic relations on February 10, 1971. Relations between the two nations grew closer

title: Roth Capital Partners

text: a year later, CELM delayed its regulatory filings, trading in the stock was halted and the company's auditor resigned. In October 2011, CELM was delisted and several lawsuits were filed. The company was featured in the 2017 financial documentary "The China Hustle" for its underwriting relationships with Chinese companies that led to losses for American stockholders. Roth Capital Partners Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a small privately-held investment banking company with headquarters in Newport Beach, California. It specialises in providing services to small cap publicly-listed companies. Since 1988 it has held annual conferences, noted for their lavish evening entertainments and

title: China–Japan relations

text: GDP. Also, China's and Japan's economies are the world's first and fourth-largest economies by GDP PPP. In 2008, China-Japan trade grew to $266.4 billion, a rise of 12.5 percent on 2007, making China and Japan the top two-way trading partners. China was also the biggest destination for Japanese exports in 2009. Since the end of World War II, Sino-Japanese relations are still mired in tension. This is a situation that risks the break-out of a conflict in Asia. The enmity between these two countries emanated from the history of the Japanese war and the imperialism and maritime disputes in the

title: Economy of China

text: EU and other trading partners in summer 2000, China worked on a multilateral WTO accession package. China concluded multilateral negotiations on its accession to the WTO in September 2001. The completion of its accession protocol and Working Party Report paved the way for its entry into the WTO on 11 December 2001, after 16 years of negotiations, the longest in the history of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. However, U.S. exporters continue to have concerns about fair market access due to China's restrictive trade policies and U.S. export restrictions. China's global trade exceeded $4.16 trillion at the end

title: China–Israel relations

text: Chengdu, its third in Mainland China. China is Israel's third largest trading partner globally and largest trading partner in East Asia. Trade volume increased from $50 million in 1992 to $15 billion in 2013. Shared commonalities and similarities between the cultures and values of the two nations with ancient roots dating back thousands of years as well as convergence of interests have made the two countries natural partners. In addition, China is one of the few countries in the world to concurrently maintain warm relations with Israel, Palestine, and the Muslim world at large. China's status as a potential world

title: Argentina foreign trade relations with the European Union

text: and dairy products (36 percent of total exports), motor vehicles and parts (12 percent); chemicals and related products (7 percent) and crude oil and fuels (5 percent). Main imports are: intermediate goods (29 percent of total imports), parts and accessories for capital goods (20 percent), capital goods (19 percent), fuels and lubricants (13 percent) and motor vehicles (8 percent). Argentina's main trading partners are: Brazil (21 percent of total exports and 29 percent of imports), China (7 percent of exports and 14 percent of imports) and United States (5 percent of exports and 10 percent of imports). Others minor trading

title: Hudson's Bay Trading Company

text: Hudson's Bay Trading Company Hudson's Bay Trading Company, L.P. was an American portfolio company for NRDC Equity Partners, a private equity company. Hudson's Bay Trading Company was founded in 2008. NRDC Equity Partners was founded by Robert Baker and Richard Baker of National Realty and Development Corp., and William Mack and Lee Neibart of AREA Property Partners. Richard Baker served as President CEO of NRDC Equity Partners. On January 23, 2012, The Financial Post reported that Baker had dissolved Hudson’s Bay Trading Co., and Toronto-based Hudson's Bay Company will now operate both The Bay and Lord & Taylor. This new

title: Anti-parallel trading protests

text: Anti-parallel trading protests Anti-parallel trading protests () refer to the protests happened in Hong Kong from 2012, which aimed at striking the mainland parallel traders to import goods from Hong Kong to Mainland China. The parallel trading caused the household goods shortage, increasing inflation rate and exacerbate the Hong Kong-Mainland conflict. There are also conflicts between the local shop owners and citizens as the parallel trading boosts the sales but raises the local prices of daily necessities. In 2012, 95% of traveller who travelled between Shenzhen and Hong Kong many times were mainland parallel traders. Mainland consumers are able to

title: Brazil–China relations

text: Brazil, with financing oil exploration to repairing railways.The repair of railways and infrastructure came ahead of the Rio Olympics in 2016. There is also a trade phase from raw materials to heavy equipment and industrial goods. The two countries have also signed a currency agreement that will include up to $30 billion dollars worth of Chinese Yuan and Brazilian real. This deal was signed to provide an alternative currency to the US Dollar with respect to the Chinese Yuan. China is considered Brazil's largest trading partners. Brazil and China are members of an economic organization called BRICS, also consisting of

title: PJT Partners

text: Partners' first day of trading was on October 1, 2015; on the same day, it became publicly traded, listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PJT. On its first day of trading, PJT had 330 employees and 46 partners. Blackstone’s decision to do the spin-off was largely driven by the conflicts of interest that arose between Blackstone’s advisory services business and its investing businesses, including private equity, real estate investing and hedge funds. Paul J. Taubman has served as the chairman and chief executive of PJT Partners since its inception in 2015, and was the founder

title: BGC Partners

text: BGC Partners BGC Partners is an American global financial services company based in New York City. Originally formed as part of the larger Cantor Fitzgerald organization, BGC Partners became its own entity in 2004. In 1945, Bernard Gerald Cantor founded a brokerage service for inter-dealer fixed income markets. The resulting company was B.G. Cantor and Company, which later became Cantor Fitzgerald. In 1965 Cantor Fitzgerald established an Institutional Equities Sales and Trading Division, which offers large block trading to asset managers, pension funds, and portfolio managers. In 1983, Cantor Fitzgerald became the first firm to offer worldwide screen brokerage services

title: Electronic trading

text: volume. For instruments which are not exchange-traded (e.g. US treasury bonds), the inter-dealer market substitutes for the exchange. This is where dealers trade directly with one another or through inter-dealer brokers (i.e. companies like GFI Group, ICAP and BGC Partners. They acted as middle-men between dealers such as investment banks). This type of trading traditionally took place over the phone but brokers moved to offering electronic trading services instead. Similarly, B2C trading traditionally happened over the phone and, while some still does, more brokers are allowing their clients to place orders using electronic systems. Many retail (or "discount") brokers (e.g.

title: Who are the Most Beloved People?

text: from the top Chinese leaders. Considered the most famous literary and propaganda piece produced by China during the Korean War, the essay succeed in elevating the soldiers' traditionally low social status within the Confucian culture, and helped to boost the recruitment of soldiers for the Korean War. In the decades following the essay's publication, the phrase "most beloved people" has become synonymous with the PVA in mainland China, while the essay has become required reading in Chinese school curriculum. Who are the Most Beloved People? Who are the Most Beloved People? () is the title of a famous essay about

title: The Men Who Lost China

text: the comprehension of the Western and Chinese perception of these events. The US involvement in the Chinese Revolution of 1911 and the perceived Western betrayal in the aftermath of First World War are the two most pivotal points in Chinese modern history that the documentary examines, subtitled into English, Chinese, and Spanish. The Men Who Lost China The Men Who Lost China is a documentary film created by Mitch Anderson. Released in 2013, the documentary explores the United States' attitude towards China following the 1911 Chinese Revolution and the First World War and how the attitude of other Western nations

title: SAIF Partners

text: SAIF Partners SAIF Partners is a stage and sector agnostic private equity firm in Asia. SAIF Partners currently manages over $4 billion in capital. The firm has offices in Hong Kong, China, and India. SAIF Partners was started as Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund in 2001 with a $400 million fund where Cisco Systems and Softbank Group were the sole limited partner, and general partner, respectively. Some of the previous Softbank Asia Infrastructure members started SAIF Partners in 2004 under its present name. SAIF China has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Changzhou, Hefei, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Their investments in China include

title: Partners of the Americas

text: states and Latin American countries or regions to foster cultural exchange and education. These partnerships are also used to address issues in the afore mentioned areas through volunteer service and technical expertise. Partners of the Americas Partners of the Americas was inspired by President of the United States John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 launched the Alliance for Progress, a program of government-to-government economic cooperation across the Western Hemisphere. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.. At the heart of Partners is a “people-to-people” philosophy, which grew out of a 1962 call by President Kennedy for citizens

title: Economy of New Zealand

text: muted", but "Alarm bells are finally beginning to sound. Recent polling shows three-quarters of New Zealanders think theirs is no longer an egalitarian country". New Zealand's small size and long distances from major world markets creates significant challenges in its ability to compete in global markets. Australia, New Zealand's closest neighbour, is New Zealand's biggest trading partner. In 2013 New Zealand's main trading partners were Australia, China, the United States, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. In March 2014, the total value of goods exported from New Zealand topped $50 billion for the first time, up from $30 billion in

title: BHR Partners

text: BHR Partners BHR Partners is a private investment fund founded in 2014 by Chinese and American partners to make investments outside of China. BHR was founded in 2013 by Chinese asset managers Bohai Industrial Investment Fund Management Co. and Harvest Fund Management Co. and U.S. investment and advisory firms Rosemont Seneca Partners and Thornton Group LLC. The company website in 2016 reported that Bohai Capital managed the RMB20 Billion and Harvest ranks among China's largest mutual fund management companies. The website said the company "also enjoy the support of Bank of China, China Development Bank Capital, and other major Chinese

title: Economy of Chile

text: 60% since then. Total trade with Europe also grew in 2006, expanding by 42%. The Netherlands and Italy were Chile's main European trading partners. Total trade with Asia also grew significantly at nearly 31%. Trade with Korea and Japan grew significantly, but China remained Chile's most important trading partner in Asia. Chile's total trade with China reached U.S. $8.8 billion in 2006, representing nearly 66% of the value of its trade relationship with Asia.= The growth of exports in 2006 was mainly caused by a strong increase in sales to the United States, the Netherlands, and Japan. These three markets

title: Factory (trading post)

text: was present as the representative of the trading partners in all matters, reporting to the headquarters and being responsible for the products’ logistics (proper storage and shipping). Information took a long time to reach the company headquarters, and this was dependent on an absolute trust. Some Dutch factories were located in Cape Town in modern-day South Africa, Mocha in Yemen, Calicut and the Coromandel Coast in southern India, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Ambon in Indonesia, Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan, Canton in southern China, Dejima Island in Japan (the only legal point of trade between Japan and the outside world during

title: Brookfield Property Partners

text: Brookfield Property Partners Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is a global company which owns, operates and invests in commercial property. The majority of the company’s assets are located in North America, Europe, and Australia. Brookfield Property Partners (BPY) was formed through a spin-off from Brookfield Asset Management in April 2013. On April 15, 2013, shares of BPY began trading on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. The new company formed by the spin-off consolidated in one place all of Brookfield’s commercial property assets. During the 12-month period between October 2013 and October 2014, BPY surpassed one million square feet of

title: Thomas Weisel Partners

text: Following its acquisition of Westwind Partners that closed on January 2, 2008, the firm now offers a broad coverage platform across technology, media, healthcare, consumer products, energy, mining, and real estate. Equity and Debt underwriting and Merger and Acquisition advisory operations are supplemented by Research, Trading, Brokerage, and Asset Management units as the firm operates a full-service investment bank. Various divisions operate out of San Francisco, New York, Toronto, London, Baltimore, Zurich, Calgary, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, and Portland. In 2010, Thomas Weisel announced its acquisition by Stifel Financial. Thomas Weisel Partners Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc., also known

title: China–Mongolia relations

text: China–Mongolia relations The bilateral relations between Mongolia and the People's Republic of China have long been determined by the relations between China and the Soviet Union, Mongolia's other neighbour and main ally until 1990. With the rapprochement between the USSR and China in the late 1980s, Sino-Mongolian relations also began to improve. Since the 1990s, China has become Mongolia's biggest trading partner, and a number of Chinese businesses are operating in Mongolia. The Han Chinese and Mongols (as well as their ancestors, the Proto-Mongols) have been in contact with each other for millennia. Throughout history, Mongolia and China have had

title: Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)

text: Hyland of "News of the World" criticised the child-friendly storyline, comparing it to "the back of a fag packet". He also criticised Tennant for appearing "jaded" and Tate for "still shouting". Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) "Partners in Crime" is the first episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was broadcast on BBC One on 5 April 2008. The episode reintroduced actor and comedian Catherine Tate as the temp Donna Noble, who had previously appeared in the 2006 Christmas Special "The Runaway Bride". In the episode, Donna and the alien time traveller

title: Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)

text: Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) "Partners in Crime" is the first episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was broadcast on BBC One on 5 April 2008. The episode reintroduced actor and comedian Catherine Tate as the temp Donna Noble, who had previously appeared in the 2006 Christmas Special "The Runaway Bride". In the episode, Donna and the alien time traveller the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) meet while separately investigating Adipose Industries, a company that has created a revolutionary diet pill. Together, they attempt to stop the death of thousands of people

title: China–Indonesia relations

text: could harm Indonesian industry. Indonesian private sector and civil society organizations vigorously lobbied the Indonesian government and members of parliament, insisting that Indonesia should either pull out of the agreement or renegotiate its terms with Beijing. China has remained on top of Indonesia’s key major trading partners, serving as the country’s largest export and import market. China serves as Indonesia’s largest export destination after overtaking Japan and United States, reaching USD 16.8 billion. China is also Indonesia’s most important source of imports, reaching USD 30.8 billion, or 22.7% of Indonesian imports in 2016. The balance however was in favour of

title: Xetra (trading system)

text: and the United Arab Emirates, are connected via Xetra servers in Frankfurt/Main. Given the high turnover (liquidity) on the Xetra trading venue, orders for securities are executed swiftly and at prices in line with the market. Moreover, this principle is supported by Designated Sponsors who post binding purchase and selling prices (quotes) on a continuous basis and thus ensure additional liquidity and fair prices. As all the exchange trading is transacted electronically, there can be partial execution of orders on the Xetra trading venue. However, banks and online brokers do not face additional transaction costs for same-day partial executions and

title: Economy of Milan

text: "Corriere della Sera" and "La Gazzetta dello Sport" along with the newsmagazine "L'espresso". Porta Nuova is the main business district of Milan, and one of the most important in Italy. AXA, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, China Construction Bank, FinecoBank, Finanza & Futuro Banca, FM Global, HSBC, KPMG, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, UniCredit, UnipolSai and many other companies have their headquarters in Porta Nuova. Milan's service sector has benefited from the efficiency of the city's banks and the stock market, the Borsa Italiana, located in Piazza degli Affari in the centre of the city. Milan's main trading partners are Switzerland,

title: Trading strategy

text: Trading strategy In finance, a trading strategy is a fixed plan that is designed to achieve a profitable return by going long or short in markets. The main reasons that a properly researched trading strategy helps are its verifiability, quantifiability, consistency, and objectivity. For every trading strategy one needs to define assets to trade, entry/exit points and money management rules. Bad money management can make a potentially profitable strategy unprofitable. Trading strategies are based on fundamental or technical analysis, or both. They are usually verified by backtesting, where the process should follow the scientific method, and by forward testing (a.k.a.

title: The Man Who Changed China

text: The Man Who Changed China The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin a biography of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin by Robert Lawrence Kuhn was published in 2005, in English and Chinese. It has generated both attention and controversy. It was published worldwide except in China by Random House imprints (Crown Publishers in English, Random House Kodansha in Japanese, Random House JoongAng in Korean). In China, it was published under the title "Ta Gai Bian Le Zhong Guo: Jiang Zemin Zhuan" (《他改变了中国：江泽民传》, literal translation "He Changed China: The Biography of Jiang Zemin") by Shanghai Century

title: Emissions trading

text: 30% compared to the business-as-usual scenario by 2020. In an effort to reverse the adverse consequences of air pollution, in 2006, China started to consider a national pollution permit trading system in order to use market-based mechanisms to incentivize companies to cut pollution. This has been based on a previous pilot project called the Industrial SO2 emission trading pilot scheme, which was launched in 2002. Four provinces, three municipalities and one business entity was involved in this pilot project (also known as the 4+3+1 project). They are Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Henan, Shanghai, Tianjin, Liuzhou and China Huaneng Group, a state-owned

title: Haiwen & Partners

text: founded in May 1992. The founding partners of Haiwen include Duke Law School graduate Gao Xiqing, who was the first Chinese citizen to pass the New York Bar exam and later became the President and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation. Haiwen is known for its relatively mild corporate culture. As Jiping Zhang, Haiwen's management partner, mentioned in a recent interview: Haiwen & Partners Haiwen & Partners () is a Chinese law firm focused on cross-border securities, M&A transactions, private equity, general corporate and commercial dispute resolution practice. Haiwen is a fully integrated partnership with a modified lockstep

title: Hudson's Bay Trading Company

text: entity will be run by The Bay CEO Bonnie Brooks. CEO Brendan Hoffman will leave Lord & Taylor and take over as CEO at the department store chain Bon Ton. Baker will remain governor and CEO of the business and Donald Watros will stay on as chief operating officer. Canada United States Hudson's Bay Trading Company Hudson's Bay Trading Company, L.P. was an American portfolio company for NRDC Equity Partners, a private equity company. Hudson's Bay Trading Company was founded in 2008. NRDC Equity Partners was founded by Robert Baker and Richard Baker of National Realty and Development Corp., and

title: Short-term trading

text: Short-term trading Short-term trading refers to those trading strategies in stock market or futures market in which the time duration between entry and exit is within a range of few days to few weeks. There are two main school of thoughts: swing trading and trend following. Day trading is an extremely short-term style of trading in which all positions entered during a trading day are exited the same day. Short term trading can be risky and unpredictable due to the volatile nature of the stock market at times. Within the time frame of a day and a week many factors

title: The Men Who Lost China

text: The Men Who Lost China The Men Who Lost China is a documentary film created by Mitch Anderson. Released in 2013, the documentary explores the United States' attitude towards China following the 1911 Chinese Revolution and the First World War and how the attitude of other Western nations then helped shape China's national identity, particularly its foreign policy and alignment with the former Soviet Union. As today's China is gaining its undisputed superpower status, the world press still speculates over its intentions. The documentary suggests that any worthy prediction must be rooted in the diligent study of past events and

title: Day trading

text: Day trading Day trading is speculation in securities, specifically buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day. Strictly, day trading is trading "only" within a day, such that all positions are closed before the market closes for the trading day. Many traders may not be so strict or may have day trading as one component of an overall strategy. Traders who participate in day trading are called day traders. Traders who trade in this capacity with the motive of profit are therefore speculators. The methods of quick trading contrast with the long-term trades underlying buy and hold and

title: Partners of the Americas

text: Partners of the Americas Partners of the Americas was inspired by President of the United States John F. Kennedy, who in 1963 launched the Alliance for Progress, a program of government-to-government economic cooperation across the Western Hemisphere. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.. At the heart of Partners is a “people-to-people” philosophy, which grew out of a 1962 call by President Kennedy for citizens of the Western Hemisphere to work together. Inspired by the challenge, Jim Boren, one of Partners founders, envisioned a two-way network of volunteer partnerships that would enable everyday people to contribute to

title: China–Germany relations

text: leaders. Meanwhile, in Rome another German Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher, who never got to go to China himself, used reports of other Jesuits in China to compile "China Illustrata", a work that was instrumental in popularizing knowledge about China among the 17th-century European readers. The earliest Sino-German trading occurred overland through Siberia, and was subject to transit taxes by the Russian government. In order to make trading more profitable, German traders took the sea route and the first German merchant ships arrived in China, then under the Qing Dynasty, as part of the Royal Prussian Asian Trading Company of Emden, in

title: Australia China Youth Association

text: leadership in the Australia-China space, and has been hailed by Xinhua as "fortifying the fortunes and feelings of the two key trading partners...while also ensuring the tidal ebbs and flows of politics and power plays in no way hinder the growing ties between Chinese and Australian youths." ACYA is prominent within the youth and education arenas of Australia-China relations, being acknowledged by the Australia-China Council as one of the key youth initiatives "that helps to connect younger generations of Australians and Chinese". ACYA has been recognized by Australian media such as The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, and Triple J

title: Day trading

text: negatively as personal behavior and also considering the potential damage to the real economy. Day trading Day trading is speculation in securities, specifically buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day. Strictly, day trading is trading "only" within a day, such that all positions are closed before the market closes for the trading day. Many traders may not be so strict or may have day trading as one component of an overall strategy. Traders who participate in day trading are called day traders. Traders who trade in this capacity with the motive of profit are therefore speculators. The

title: Argentina–China relations

text: two decades and increased to US $5.55 billion. This event led to Argentina's bilateral trade deficit from 2007 to 2014 amounting to US $24,164 million. During these two decades, Argentina's economic strategies have been ideal to soybean production which expanded from 1995's, 12 million tons, to 2010's, 52.6 million tons. During Argentina's trade deficit, not all of Argentina's soybean products were exported to China, leading to a growth in Argentina's trading partners. In 2012, India was an important importer of Argentine soy oil, followed by China, some European countries, Iran, and Peru. In 2013, Argentina was ranked third in global

title: History of trade of the People's Republic of China

text: Chinese-Soviet trade, according to Chinese customs statistics, amounted to only 3.4 percent of China's total trade, while trade with all communist countries fell to 9 percent of the total. By the mid-1960s Japan had become China's leading trading partner, accounting for 15 percent of trade in 1966. Japan was China's most natural trading partner; it was closer to China than any other industrial country and had the best transportation links to it. The Japanese economy was highly advanced in those areas where China was weakest, especially heavy industry and modern technology, while China was well endowed with some of the

title: Africa–China economic relations

text: In the diplomatic and economic rush into Africa, Taiwan, the United States, France, and the UK are China's main competitors. China surpassed the US in 2009 to became the largest trading partner of Africa. Bilateral trade agreements have been signed between China and 40 countries of the continent. In 2000, China Africa Trade amounted to $10 billion and by 2014, it had grown to $220 billion. The People's Republic of China began to pursue market socialism in the 1970s under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. This marked the change to capitalist practices as the foundation of the PRC's socioeconomic development,

title: Worshipful Company of World Traders

text: UK-based British nationals, a significant number of the Livery are overseas nationals based in the UK, dual nationals, British nationals who live overseas and overseas nationals who live in their home country. World Traders host a large number of foreign visitors looking to relocate or establish trading connections with the UK not just from primary trading partners in the EU, China, Brazil, Russia, India or the Gulf states, but also from smaller countries which may benefit from personal support and contacts. The Company’s hallmark annual event is the "Tacitus Lecture", begun in 1988, now one of the largest intellectual events

title: Simon-Kucher & Partners

text: businesses, and startups. These include many "hidden champions", a term coined by Hermann Simon in 1990, referring to companies that are "secret world leaders" in their respective fields. Simon-Kucher works with companies from numerous industries, including car manufacturers and automotive suppliers, banking and financial services, basic materials, construction, chemicals, electronics, energy, sales and trading companies, real estate, industrials, internet technology and telecommunications, insurance, public and social services, engineering, private equity, media and entertainment, medical technology, pharmaceutical companies, software, tourism, and transport and logistics. Simon-Kucher & Partners Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global strategy consulting firm with over 1,200 employees in

title: Hull Trading Company

text: structure, in which employees awarded each other bonuses. Since pay was based on nominations received, the system has been described as highly meritocratic. Equity partnership interest was widely distributed among employees. At the time of the merger into Goldman Sachs there were over 20 employee partners holding about 25% of equity interest, with the remaining interest held by members of the Hull family. Hull Trading Company Hull Trading Company was founded by American businessman and investor, Blair Hull in 1985. Hull Trading was an independent algorithmic trading firm and electronic market maker known for its quantitative and technology-based trading strategy.

title: Centerbridge Partners

text: The firm also raised a $2 billion noncontrol, activist-oriented credit trading fund known as Centerbridge Special Credit Partners through 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the firm announced plans to begin marketing a second investment fund with a target of $3.75 billion of investor commitments. In 2011, the firm closed its second flagship fund, Centerbridge Partners II, on $4.4 billion, including a commitment from the GP. This was followed by a closing of its $2bn second Special Credit Partners fund in March 2012. In 2010, Centerbridge won control of Extended Stay Hotels, a company that Gallogly had been involved with at

title: GLG Partners

text: absolute return and long-only strategies across asset classes, sectors and geographies. The firm has headquarters in London, with offices in New York, Hong Kong and Pfäffikon. Man Group's 2014 trading statement reported that Man GLG had had a “mixed” year, but that the January 2015 acquisition of Silvermine would boost the division’s US CLO business. Man Group acquired GLG Partners partly to diversify its business towards more institutional clients. GLG Partners Man GLG (formerly GLG Partners) is a discretionary investment manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of British alternative investment manager Man Group plc. It is a diversified and multi-strategy

title: Idinvest Partners

text: Idinvest Partners Idinvest Partners, founded under the name AGF Private Equity, S.A in 1997, is a European private equity and venture capital firm. Operating as part of Allianz until 2010, Idinvest Partners then became independent. Idinvest Partners is based in Paris, France and has further offices in Frankfurt, Germany, Dubai, Madrid, Spain and Shanghai, China. Since its inception, Idinvest Partners has invested in more than 4,000 European businesses. With an excess of €7 billion in assets under management, Idinvest Partners focuses on the financing of small and medium-sized European enterprises at various stages of growth. Idinvest Partners has been named

title: Leerink Partners

text: a friend to place trades on his behalf. The analyst gained around $600,000 from this investment and was later sentenced for insider trading. Leerink Partners Leerink Partners is a specialist investment bank focusing on the healthcare sector, headquartered in Boston, MA. Leerink offers capital markets capabilities, M&A advisory, corporate access and equity research. Through its subsidiary Leerink Capital, the firm engages in principal investments. Leerink Partners was founded in 1995 by Jeffrey A. Leerink. 1995 – Founded as Leerink Swann LLC with a focus on sell-side research 1996 – Established MedaCorp expert network as a joint venture with Dan Dubin

title: Garden of the Gods Trading Post

text: Indian trading post. It is one of the oldest and largest curio stores in the southwest to be operated continuously from its founding. It welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually, and has become one of the main attractions in Colorado Springs. In 1926 Strausenback copyrighted a logo of a Pueblo style thunderbird attacking a rattlesnake patterned after a drawing by Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) that would become synonymous with the trading post. This logo was painted on the front of the trading post, used on printed matter and business cards and made into silversmith stamps used as shop marks designating where

title: Garden of the Gods Trading Post

text: the trading post. The main sales area was 40 feet by 60 feet with living quarters on the second floor, and cost an estimated $10,000 to build in 1929. The current owners have expanded the original sales floor from 2400 sq ft (40 ft x 60 ft) six times to encompass 22,000 sq ft and operates the trading post as a combination Indian art gallery, gift shop, café, conference center and wedding venue. Many of the original features of the 1929 trading post, such as the fireplace, floor and roof beams, have been kept intact preserving Strausenback’s vision of an

title: China–Japan relations

text: East China Sea (Xing, 2011). Thus, as much as these two nations are close business partners, there is an undercurrent of tension, which the leaders from both sides are trying to quell. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo have met several times face to face to try to build a cordial relationship between the two countries (Fuhrmann, 2016). The main argument among observers and commentators is whether the relationship between China and Japan would remain stable due to their strong bilateral trades or the relationship would collapse due to the historical rivalry and enmity (Xing, 2011).

title: Life Partners, Inc.

text: services. They claim that this service was provided free for the last so many years. A federal judge ordered Life Partners Holdings Inc and two top executives to pay $46.9 million for misleading investors about the core aspects of its business. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had sued Life Partners in 2012 and sought to prove that Life Partners intentionally misled investors over nearly four years about core aspects of its "life-settlements" business and that its two top executives engaged in insider trading. U.S. District Court Judge James Nowlin on Tuesday ordered Life Partners to pay $15 million in

title: Economy of the United States

text: trillion. The net deficit in goods was $807 billion, while the net surplus in services was $255 billion. Americas ten largest trading partners are China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, France, India and Taiwan. The goods trade deficit with China rose from $347 billion in 2016 to $376 billion in 2017, an increase of $30 billion or 8%. In 2017, the U.S. had a goods trade deficit of $71 billion with Mexico and $17 billion with Canada. According to the KOF Index of Globalization and the Globalization Index by A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine, the U.S. has a

title: Sandler O'Neill and Partners

text: Sandler O'Neill and Partners Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P., (Sandler O'Neill) is a full-service investment banking firm and broker-dealer specializing in the financial services sector. It is headquartered in New York City, and has offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta. The firm also operates a mortgage finance company and registered investment adviser based in Memphis. Sandler O'Neill provides investment banking services to financial institutions and their investors. Its services include merger and acquisition advisory, capital markets, fixed income sales and trading, and equity sales and trading, equity research, balance sheet management, mortgage finance, and consulting services. The firm

title: Economy of Russia

text: equipment (5.4%) and food (4.7%). Others include: agricultural raw materials (2.2%) and textiles (0.2%). Russia imports food, ground transports, pharmaceuticals and textile and footwear. Main trading partners are: China (7% of total exports and 10% of imports), Germany (7% of exports and 8% of imports) and Italy. This page includes a chart with historical data for Russia balance of trade. Exports in Russia decreased to 39038 USD million in January 2013 from 48568 USD million in December 2012. Exports in Russia is reported by the Central Bank of Russia. Historically, from 1994 until 2013, Russia Exports averaged 18668.83 USD million

title: Pricing Partners Cie

text: distinction ranking by the Structured Products magazine in the category of structured products valuation software. The same year, Pricing Partners started commercializing an independent valuation solution for proprietary and algorithmic indexes and tapped Natixis. In 2013, Pricing Partners continues to be named to the Structured Products magazine ranking in the structured products valuation software. In June 2013, the company is acquired by the Thomson Reuters group. Finally, in December, Pricing Partners is named the Most Innovative Specialist Vendor of the year by Risk Magazine Pricing Partners’ main competitors are: Pricing Partners Cie Pricing Partners, founded in 2005, is a Thomson

title: Economy of Serbia

text: weapons and ammunition. Trade plays a major role in Serbian economic output. The main trading partners are Germany, Italy, Russia, China, and neighboring Balkan countries. Belgrade is the capital and economic heart of Serbia and home to most major Serbian and international companies operating in the country, as well as the National Bank of Serbia and the Belgrade Stock Exchange. Novi Sad is the second largest city and the most important economic hub after Belgrade. In the late 1980s, at the beginning of the process of economic transition from a planned economy to a market economy, Serbia's economy had a

title: Trading fund

text: authority under the 1973 Act to use its receipts to meet its expenses or outgoings. Some trading funds have, as their main function, the collection and supply of information to both public and private sectors; others do not. Also in the UK, a trading fund can only be established with the agreement of HM Treasury. To establish a fund, more than 50% of the trading fund's revenue will consist of receipts for goods and services provided by the department, and where the responsible minister and the Treasury are satisfied that the setting up of the trading fund will lead to

title: Proprietary trading

text: However, prop trading is not gone. It is carried out at specialized prop trading firms and hedge funds. The prop trading done at many firms is usually highly technology-driven, utilizing complex quantitative models and algorithms. One of the main strategies of trading, traditionally associated with banks, is arbitrage. In the most basic sense, arbitrage is defined as taking advantage of a price discrepancy through the purchase or sale of certain combinations of securities to lock in a market-neutral profit. The trade will remain subject to various non-market risks, such as settlement risk and other operational risks. Investment banks, which are

title: The Man Who Changed China

text: upfront "Publisher's Note," that "Certain viewpoints and opinions of the author, as a Westerner, bear a definite distance from those of our own. Hopefully the reader will understand." When asked his own opinion of Kuhn's biography, Jiang Zemin told his close friend, Shen Yongyan (a primary source in the book), who then told the Chinese media that Jiang said: “He [Kuhn] wrote objectively; he didn’t try to beautify me. But he got my wedding date wrong.” The Man Who Changed China The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin a biography of former Chinese leader Jiang

title: Geography of China

text: weaker than investment treaties that the United States would want to negotiate. China also maintains 14 free trade agreements(FTA's) and is currently implementing an additional 8 FTA's. China's FTA partners are ASEAN, Singapore, Pakistan, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Iceland, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Australia, and Korea. These trade agreements exist to maintain and organize business and trade with various countries in order to improve and expand the economy of China. China in 2017, was reported to have a population of 1,379,302,711. In October 2015, China changed the long standing 1979 law that allowed each couple to have

title: China–Georgia relations

text: to 5,299,820 bottles in 2016, nearly double the amount exported in the previous year. On 13 May 2017, Georgia and China signed a Free Trade Agreement. China–Georgia relations The China–Georgia relations are the foreign relations between Georgia and the People's Republic of China. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 9 June 1992. Bilateral ties have advanced gradually since then and mostly focused on economic cooperation. By 2017, China had become Georgia's fourth largest trading trading partner and the second largest exporting market for Georgian wine. China has been appreciative of Georgia's commitment to One-China policy and has supported Georgia's

title: Amblin Partners

text: the company and will handle marketing, distribution support and merchandising of Amblin Partners films in China in addition to co-financing Amblin and DreamWorks films worldwide. On February 15, 2017, Universal acquired a minority stake in Amblin Partners, strengthening the relationship between Universal and Amblin, and reuniting a minority percentage of the DreamWorks Pictures label with its former animation division DreamWorks Animation. In December 2017, Amblin Partners signed a music publishing deal with BMG Rights Management, covering music from its films and TV series. Amblin Partners Amblin Partners (legally known as Storyteller Holding Co., LLC and Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC) is

title: Haiwen & Partners

text: Haiwen & Partners Haiwen & Partners () is a Chinese law firm focused on cross-border securities, M&A transactions, private equity, general corporate and commercial dispute resolution practice. Haiwen is a fully integrated partnership with a modified lockstep compensation system. Haiwen currently has around 200 lawyers in total working at its Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong offices. Compared with most major PRC law firms, Haiwen & Partners maintains a relatively small number of attorneys and focuses on capital market and M&A practices. Haiwen & Partners is one of the "Red Circle" law firms in PRC China. Haiwen & Partners was

title: China–Georgia relations

text: China–Georgia relations The China–Georgia relations are the foreign relations between Georgia and the People's Republic of China. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 9 June 1992. Bilateral ties have advanced gradually since then and mostly focused on economic cooperation. By 2017, China had become Georgia's fourth largest trading trading partner and the second largest exporting market for Georgian wine. China has been appreciative of Georgia's commitment to One-China policy and has supported Georgia's territorial integrity by refusing to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The China–Georgia relations were officially established on 9 June 1992, when China extended its diplomatic recognition

title: Economy of Puerto Rico

text: most of which have an active and continued presence in the island. Its main trading partners are the United States itself, Ireland, and Japan, with most products coming from East Asia, mainly from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. At a global scale, Puerto Rico's dependency on oil for transportation and electricity generation, as well as its dependency on food imports and raw materials, makes Puerto Rico volatile and highly reactive to changes in the world economy and climate. Puerto Rico, like many other countries, has transitioned from an agricultural economy to an industrial one. Its economy is currently experiencing a

title: SAIF Partners

text: for its India dedicated fund In July 2017. The third fund helped push the Indian assets under management by SAIF Partners to over $1 billion. SAIF Partners SAIF Partners is a stage and sector agnostic private equity firm in Asia. SAIF Partners currently manages over $4 billion in capital. The firm has offices in Hong Kong, China, and India. SAIF Partners was started as Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund in 2001 with a $400 million fund where Cisco Systems and Softbank Group were the sole limited partner, and general partner, respectively. Some of the previous Softbank Asia Infrastructure members started SAIF

title: Eaton Partners

text: among independent private funds placement agents. On November 9, 2015, Stifel Financial Corp. agreed to buy Eaton Partners. The acquisition closed on January 4, 2016. The firm was founded in 1983 by Charles Eaton and has over 60 employees and six offices: three in the US, two in Asia and one in Europe. The firm's headquarters are in Rowayton, Connecticut. In 2010, the firm was the first placement agent in the U.S. to launch a fund raising platform for private equity firms in China. In 2013, Private Equity International named Eaton Partners the "Placement Agent of the Year in North

title: Zokwang Trading

text: Zokwang Trading held accounts with two Macau banks Banco Delta Asia and Seng Heng. In 2005, these were frozen at the request of US financial regulators. The funds were released in 2007. During 2006, Zokwang moved across the border to Zhuhai. Zokwang Trading Zokwang Trading Company is a North Korean state-run import-export business based in Zhuhai, China. It is reportedly controlled by Room 39, a secret department of the government of North Korea. Zokwang Trading is not on the official list of North Korean companies published by Naenara, the official web portal of the North Korean government. Zokwang Trading was

title: Wong Tung & Partners

text: People's Republic of China. The Firm also founded Zhong Tian Wong Tung International Engineering Design Consultants Co., Ltd., a joint-venture Grade A Design Institute in China. In 2013, the firm ranked 54 on the WA100 (World Architecture 100) list of largest architectural practices in the world. Wong Tung & Partners Wong Tung & Partners is an international architecture, planning and design firm established in Hong Kong in 1963. It has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chongqing. Wong Tung & Partners provides multi-disciplinary services in architecture, interiors, planning and urban design. The firm has over 250 architectural professionals

title: Cantab Capital Partners

text: Cantab Capital Partners Cantab Capital Partners is a hedge fund based in Cambridge, England, co-founded by Dr. Ewan Kirk and Erich Schlaikjer. Cantab operates quantitative funds using computer models to drive investment decisions. As of Feb 2015 Cantab had $4.5 billion in assets under management, after launching with $30 million in 2006. The firm takes its name from Cantabrigia, the medieval Latin name for Cambridge. It is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority. Cantab Capital Partners was acquired by GAM in 2016 and is since part of GAM Systematic. Cantab's stated investment philosophy is that algorithmic trading

title: Day trading software

text: their in-house systems, but many third party applications are available through Independent software vendors(ISV). The advantage of third party programs is that they allow the trader to trade through different brokers whilst retaining the same interface. They may also offer a number of advanced features such as automatic trade execution. Day trading is speculation which is considered negatively as personal behavior and for the potential high damage on the real economy. Day trading software Day trading software is computer software intended to facilitate day trading of stocks or other financial instruments. Day trading software falls into three main categories: Data,

title: Economy of the Dominican Republic

text: zone earnings and tourism are the fastest-growing export sectors. According to a 1999 International Monetary Fund report, remittances from Dominican Americans, are estimated to be about $1.5 billion per year. Most of these funds are used to cover basic household needs such as shelter, food, clothing, health care and education. Secondarily, remittances have financed small businesses and other productive activities. The Dominican Republic’s most important trading partner is the United States (about 40% of total commercial exchange). Other major trade partners are China, Haiti, Canada, Mexico, India, Spain, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan, in that quantitative order. The

title: Fraudulent trading

text: trading is normally a requirement to establish wrongful trading, but not fraudulent trading). The effect of a successful application for fraudulent trading varies between different legal systems. In some countries, the assets contributed by the directors are treated as general assets which may be taken by any secured creditors who may have a security interest which attaches to all the company's assets (characteristically, a floating charge). However, some countries have "ring-fenced" payments made for fraudulent trading so that they are made available to the pool of assets for unsecured creditors. Fraudulent trading is entirely separate and distinct from "insider trading",

title: Renasant Financial Partners

text: 2009, the company completed a going-private transaction and delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange. MFP subsequently changed its name to Clearlink Capital Corporation and, in 2006, became Renasant Financial Partners. Renasant Financial Partners Renasant Financial Partners Limited (formerly Clearlink Capital Corporation and MFP Financial Services) is a computer supply and service company, which offers leasing, asset-based financing and equipment trading services to corporate and government clients to meet technology and computer needs. The company was established in 1984, and became a publicly traded corporation in 1993. The company's Toronto office was involved in the Toronto city government's computer leasing scandal.

title: Economy of China

text: The country has an estimated $23 trillion worth of natural resources, 90% of which are coal and rare earth metals. China also has the world's largest total banking sector assets of $39.9 trillion (252 trillion CNY) with $26.54 trillion in total deposits. China is the world's largest manufacturing economy and exporter of goods. It is also the world's fastest-growing consumer market and second-largest importer of goods. China is a net importer of services products. It is the largest trading nation in the world and plays a prominent role in international trade and has increasingly engaged in trade organizations and treaties

title: Economy of China

text: of both of these commodities are set to increase, as Russia is building the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline with a branch going to the Chinese border, and Russian power grid monopoly UES is building some of its hydropower stations with a view of future exports to China. Export growth has continued to be a major component supporting China's rapid economic growth. To increase exports, China pursued policies such as fostering the rapid development of foreign-invested factories, which assembled imported components into consumer goods for export and liberalizing trading rights. In its 11th Five-Year Program, adopted in 2005, China placed

title: Economy of the United Arab Emirates

text: TI's corruption index. The following table shows the main economic indicators in 1980–2017. Inflation below 2 % is in green. With imports totaling $273.5 billion in 2012, UAE passed Saudi Arabia as the largest consumer market in the region. Exports totaled $314 billion, which makes UAE the second largest exporter in the region. UAE and India are each other's main trading partners, with the latter having many of its citizens working and living in the former. The trade totals over $75 billion (AED275.25 billion). The top five of the Main Partner Countries of the UAE in 2014 are Iran (3.0%),

title: BGC Partners

text: financial brokerage business will remain challenged in the medium term because of lower trading volume”. Two days later Zeke Faux published a second, much longer, article titled 'Cantor Growth Plan Sputters as 41% of Touted Hires Exit' citing that 41% of the 158 traders and bankers whose hirings Cantor announced in news releases since 2009 had left, according to industry records. In 2012 the company became the title sponsor of the Masters snooker tournament. BGC Partners BGC Partners is an American global financial services company based in New York City. Originally formed as part of the larger Cantor Fitzgerald organization,

title: Eaton Partners

text: America" ahead of Park Hill Group and Credit Suisse. Eaton Partners is a Registered Broker-Dealer and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The firm is also registered as an Introducing Broker with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and member of the National Futures Association and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). The firm's UK operating subsidiary is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and their Hong Kong-based arm is approved as a Type 1 License company under the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. Fund raising - Eaton Partners has relationships with over 4,000 active

title: Weaver & Devore Trading

text: Weaver & Devore Trading Weaver & Devore Trading is a family-run, independent general store located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It was established in 1936 by Harry Weaver and Ellis "Bud" Devore, fur traders and watercraft men from Peace River, Alberta. Their first trade run to Yellowknife Bay in 1936 was in response to the increased mining activity that summer. The following year, the partners had erected a permanent log-cabin trading post and business boomed as Yellowknife grew into an important commercial centre. While Bud Devore sold out in 1954, the business continued to operate under the name Weaver &

title: Foreign relations of China

text: in the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), which lends to the various territories throughout the Caribbean region. Cuban–Chinese relations are the interstate relations between China and Cuba. The relations are based on trade, credits, and investments which have increased significantly since the 1990s. China is Cuba’s second largest trading partner after Venezuela. At a ceremonial trade gathering in Havana in early 2006, China’s ambassador to Cuba said "Our government has a firm position to develop trade co-operation between our countries. The policy, the orientation, has been determined. What’s left is the work to complete our plans." Bilateral trade between China

title: BIP Investment Partners

text: Stock Exchange, where it is one of the ten component companies of the main LuxX Index stock market index. BIP Investment Partners BIP Investment Partners S.A. is an investment company based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Its activities are divided between providing private equity to businesses, particularly venture capital to startups, and investing in large, well-established Luxembourg-based businesses The company was founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Banque Générale du Luxembourg (BGL), later a part of Fortis Group, and now as the newly re-formed BGL and several smaller partners, under the name BGL Investment Partners, which was

title: Accel Partners

text: India. In addition to the U.S., Accel has investments across in France, Germany, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, India, Switzerland and more. Accel Partners Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional operating funds in London, India and China (through a partnership with International Data Group (IDG-Accel)). Accel has funded technology companies including Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Atlassian, Flipkart, Supercell, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree/Venmo, Vox Media, Lynda.com, Qualtrics, DJI, Cloudera, Jet.com,