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  • Activist: China to have passports ready in 2 weeks

  • The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two weeks.
  • Chen's passport application done

  • Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready in 15 days.
  • UPDATE 1-Singapore April export rise hides weak regional outlook

  • * April non-oil exports +8.3 pct y/y, vs +6.9 pct consensus * Q1 GDP +1.6 pct y/y, below economists' forecast of 1.8 pct * April inflation seen rising from March, may hit 6 pct y/y SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - Singapore exports rose morethan expected in April due to a surge in pharmaceuticals butsoftness in electronics, a mainstay of manufacturing in manyAsian economies, points to a likely slowdown in regional growthas China's economy cools. ...
  • Copper rises after four-day slide, fragile gains

  • SINGAPORE (Reuters) - London copper edged higher for the first time in five sessions on Thursday with a firmer euro aiding its bounce from four-month lows in the previous session amid a deepening debt crisis in Europe exacerbated by political instability in Greece. The modest gains in copper suggests many investors are wary of bidding up prices aggressively given the contagion potential of a euro zone without Greece, a slowdown in top copper consumer China and the fragile state of the U.S. economy. FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange gained 0. ...
  • Red carpet look

  • Red carpet lookChinese actress Fan Bing Bing poses on the red carpet before the screening of "Moonrise Kingdom" and the opening ceremony of the 65th Cannes film festival in Cannes.



  • Einhorn still likes Apple, thinks MLM overvalued

  • NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, whose investment picks are closely watched, raced through a list of the companies he likes and has concerns about including Apple Inc and Martin Marietta Materials . Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital, said that Apple is still penetrating markets and noted that once a customer has one Apple product they are sure to want another. He also said that Martin Marietta Materials has benefited from a one-time stimulus and is overvalued. Einhorn joked that he feels he is not missing much for not being invested in China. ...
  • Huawei: EU contract plans may signal more curbs

  • BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China-based Huawei criticized on Wednesday proposals by the European Union to block non-EU companies from lucrative public contracts, saying such a move may pave the way for more restrictions on doing business in the bloc. The European Commission proposed in March to exclude foreign companies from EU contracts worth more than 5 million euros ($6.37 million) if the countries where they are based repeatedly discriminate against EU firms. The move came amid mounting trade tensions between Europe, China and the United States. ...
  • Jeremy Alters firm files new insulation class action

  • Miami attorney Jeremy Alters recently filed two new federal class action cases targeting the manufacturer of a commonly used home insulation product called Sealection 500. Alters is well-known as a controversial Democratic fundraiser who recently hosted President Barack Obama at his beachside home. Alters is involved in class action litigation targeting Chinese drywall makers and the high-profile bank overdraft multi-district cases. The Sealection lawsuits are filed in Central Florida and South...
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