Reading Time: < 1 minute ICBC (601398.SS, 1398.HK), Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, announced its 2006 result today, you can read the summary here (Chinese, English). Here is an offical PDF report (in traditional Chinese).
Reading Time: 2 minutes Went to nearby Hongkong (correct Apr.6: should be Hongqiao) shopping mall on Saturday. I did not realize it’s only one block’s away from my apartment. Here are some photos (to have a larger view, click on the picture). The fountain and front view:
Reading Time: 2 minutes These days the Chinese bank stocks are flying high. At the same time the competition also intensifies as the foreign bank are formally opening branches next Monday. The domestic players are raising fund through IPO: with the recent IPO of ICBC (601398.SS) and Bank of China (601988.SS); the new IPO of China Citic Bank, the “Haigui IPO” of Bank of
Reading Time: < 1 minute I found Yahoo Finance (China version) is not good enough. For instance, it does not have information for earnings and PE ratio for the stocks, e.g., check out this 600064.SS Nanjing High Tech. I found Sina Finance does a better job. It has these information. You can check out the 600064 here (scroll down, check out 最新简况). One thing
Reading Time: < 1 minute I got my first credit card, a Master card from Citi Bank, back in 1997 when I was a graduate student (and assistant) in Rolla. At that time I had part time job in school. I used the card to pay grocery, books (things I need to buy anyway), and I paid off the balance each
Reading Time: < 1 minute I found two stocks related to Jinjiang Hotels. The Jinjiang Gu Feng (company web site, A Share, B Share); and the Jinjiang Hotels Group (company web site, H Share).
Reading Time: < 1 minute These days I saw more and more banks in Shanghai. Beside the addition of domestic banks such as Bank of Shanghai, which has root from Shanghai City Credit Union, many foreign banks such as Citi Bank opened branches and they also do the Ren Ming Bi business. Why suddenly we have so many banks? I remember 10 years ago we have
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nowadays the stock market in Shanghai is hot, the real estate market is not. This Chinese article says in year 2006 the Shanghai housing price dropped about -0.5%. While not a significant drop, this plus the recent raise of interest rate makes potential home buyers weary. But I think the buyers need not worry if they know what they want, do the
Reading Time: < 1 minute One news caught me attention this morning. I read about a “Haigui” tourist got beaten in Sanya when travelling there with his family. And they were treated very badly even at local police station. The news is spread in several well known overseas Chinese web sites. Obviously things have turned around, now the vice Mayor of Sanya
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ever since I come back, one thing amazes me is how fast China has adopted the western economy indicator and system overall: CPI, PPI, central bank, China Security Regulatory Commission, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Insurance Regulatory Commission, etc. These are all good, especially the regulatory committe are made of real smart people nowadays. Except sometimes people tend
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