Filed under: India, China, Newsletters, PetroChina Co Ltd ADR (PTR), Huaneng Power Intl ADS (HNP), China Life Insurance ADS (LFC), China Mobile Limited (CHL)With all the media buildup leading up to th...

Markets in Asia were sharply lower. The Niikkei fell 6.4% to 7,964. Honda (HMC) fell on a strong dollar. The Hang Seng was off 4.8% to 13,636. China Life (LFC) and China Mobile (CHL) where both down...

Is all the global gloom and doom getting you down? Moody’s Investors Service has an upbeat report on Chinese life insurers, who entered 2008 with record high profits and whose exposure to the sub-prim...

Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei dropped 5% to 8,577. The Hang Seng fell 5.2% to 13,586. HSBC (HBC) and China Life (LFC) both dropped sharply. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit...

For now, mainland China -- with its closed capital accounts and tightly regulated banking system -- appears to have an easier task in dealing with the global financial crisis than does Hong Kong's fre...