Will India, China break business barriers?

By Investing Contrarian

Published: January 25, 2010

It is easier for Chinese companies to do business in India than for Indian companies to do business in China, a CEO with a decade’s experience in China told HT a day after the two nations inked a trade agreement.
“India is more open and competitive, while in China almost everybody you deal with is the [...]

Scenarios: Will Internet majors rally behind Google in China?

By Investing Contrarian

Published: January 13, 2010

The world’s dominant search firm may be hoping other search and e-mail leaders, both global and domestic, will rally around it in calling for China to lighten a heavy-handed approach to the Internet that includes frequent censorship and allegations of government-backed hacking.
The move for Google would be relatively straightforward, as its main China businesses are [...]

Fears of ‘Double-Dip’ Downturn Grow in UK

By Investing Contrarian

Published: December 21, 2009

The size of the budget deficit, higher taxes, lower spending, possibility of second fall in house prices…all of this adds to the problems UK presently has. I have a strong feeling that a double dip is right around the corner.
A ComRes survey of 257 business leaders for The Independent found that the proportion detecting “green [...]

U.S. Small Business Optimism Improves

By Investing Contrarian

Published: October 14, 2009

Havor Analytics writes:
During September, small business’ optimism inched higher for the second month as the severe economic weakness of early this year passed. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) indicated their small business optimism index rose to 88.8 during September after an August uptick. The index remained improved from the lows of this past [...]