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July 2007
- Death Threats Sent to Goldman Sachs
  
  Newsday | Jul 6, 07 12:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been the subject of menacing letters sent to newspapers across the country, prompting an investigation by the FBI. "Hundreds will die," warn the letters that have been traced back to Queens, New York. "We are inside. You cannot stop us." More »
- Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong
  
  Times (UK) | Jul 1, 07 1:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hong Kong observed the 10th anniversary of the handover to China today as tens of thousands took to the streets for the now-traditional annual pro-democracy rally. Beijing appears no more amenable to universal suffrage, however—Hu Jintao was in town to swear in the territory's new chief executive and his government, but the Chinese president departed before the march began. More »
June 2007
- Hong Kong Poised to Become Asia's Big Apple
  
  Newsweek | Jun 30, 07 7:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hong Kong is in decline as Asia's premier shipping hub, but the dip in dockyard activity is nothing to fret over, Newsweek reports. The city is on the brink of becoming one of the world's financial capitals—on par with London and New York. Economic shifts are reconfiguring the political landscape as well: a rising middle class is clamoring for cleaner air and universal suffrage. More »
- World's Top 50 Business Centers
  
  Mastercard | Jun 14, 07 8:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - London New York Tokyo Chicago Hong Kong More »
- China Eases Up Slightly on Tiananmen Anniversary
  
  Associated Press | Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As part of its campaign to attract Western visitors to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China allowed Tiananmen Square memorials this year for the first time since the protests of June 4, 1989. The government maintains that the uprising was a counterrevolutionary riot and refuses to release details; a security crackdown in the square normally prevents citizens from commemorating the event. More »
May 2007
- China to Buy $3B Stake in Blackstone
  
  Financial Times (UK) | May 21, 07 7:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Chinese government will buy a 9.9% stake in Blackstone, the US private equity fund that's about to launch its IPO. The $3 billion purchase of nonvoting shares, the first time China has invested its enormous foreign reserves in commercial stock, is meant to exploit a private equity market booming almost as much as China itself. More »
- Engineer Guilty Of Attempted Espionage
  
  CNN | May 10, 07 9:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Chinese-American engineer could get up to 35 years for trying to funnel classified U.S. defense technology to China. A federal jury in California convicted 66-year-old Chi Mak, a naturalized citizen who worked for an Anaheim defense contractor, of conspiring to send top secret plans for submarine propulsion technology to Chinese authorities over several years. More »
- Journal Offer Prompted Insider Trading, SEC Says
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 9, 07 6:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The SEC has filed its first suit for insider trading involving Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy the Wall Street Journal 's parent company. The agency alleges a Hong Kong couple knew about the offer when they bought $15 million of Dow Jones stock in April and sold it for an $8.18 million profit after the announcement two weeks later. More »
March 2007
- Greenspan Sees Recession
  
  Yahoo! | Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Back when bankers and investors hung on his every word, Alan Greenspan was caution itself in public pronouncements . But yesterday the former chairman took the rare step of predicting the onset of an out-and-out recession. Speaking via satellite to a business conference in Hong Kong, Greenspan said the US. economy has been expanding since 2001, and that the current slow down is probably not a temporary lag but the end of a cycle. More »

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Death Threats Sent to Goldman Sachs

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Hong Kong Poised to Become Asia's Big Apple

World's Top 50 Business Centers

China Eases Up Slightly on Tiananmen Anniversary

China to Buy $3B Stake in Blackstone

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Journal Offer Prompted Insider Trading, SEC Says

Greenspan Sees Recession

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