| THIS WEEK IN CHINA |
There is sure to be plenty of investors looking for the next China IPO in the wake of Baidu.com Inc.'s blockbuster $2.5 billion debut Friday on the Nasdaq, and there are a slew of companies ready to take their money.
Recently listed Focus Media will face the market for the first time since its July IPO this week and investors will be expecting big things from Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. when it announces second-quarter results on Tuesday, after Netease.com blew away expectations last week.
Big VC in China
Ctrip.com Inc. ( CTRP : news , chart , profile ) had a surprise for the market when it announced second- quarter results last week. Ctrip Chief Financial Officer Neil Shen is resigning his position in favor of marquee venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Shen's Sequoia appointment trumpets the entry of Silicon Valley's top tier venture capital firms into China. |
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| Market News |
Koizumi calls snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi sets a snap election for Sept. 11 after losing a key parliamentary vote over postal privatization. Nikkei ends up. |
A Nokia nudge
Telecom equipment maker deal talk involving Nokia and Marconi, as well as record oil prices, pushed European markets higher on MondayThe German DAX 30 rose 0.62% at 4,857, the French CAC 40 index rose 0.79% at 4,456 and the British FTSE 100 index rose 0.55% at 5,344. |
Nokia gains on report
Cisco mulling bid
Nokia shares rose Monday on the back of a report in the U.K. Sunday Business newspaper that Cisco Systems Inc. is interested in buying the Finnish mobile-handset maker. The move is part of Cisco's ( CSCO : news , chart , profile ) effort to increase its wireless-infrastructure technology, according to the newspaper, which did not identify the source of its information. |
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| Small Cap News |
Have small-cap stocks reached their peak?
U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday morning, as investors reacted to a new onslaught of positive and negative earnings reports, a decline in monthly consumer confidence, and a strong signal that China is not planning more currency revaluations anytime soon. |
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 Stocks at four-year highs
International Paper, which is in the midst of considering a massive operational restructuring, said second- quarter sales rose from a year ago, and the company's adjusted profit surpassed Wall Street's estimates. |
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