HSBC’s Christian Deseglise says emerging market fundamentals are improving even as the developed world’s economy struggles and likes the debt in regions like Indonesia, Uruguay and the Philippines. Print PDF This post was submitted by Reuters / IM.
An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building’s developer. The seller, the Extell Development Co., had been asking $98.5 million for the 10,923 square-foot condominium. Gary Barnett, Extell’s president, wouldn’t confirm the exact price the condominium [...]
Emas masih menjadi salah satu aset terbaik sebagai cadangan devisa suatu negara. Perannya sangat besar karena memiliki tren harga naik secara jangka panjang. Memang, tahun ini performa emas sulit ditebak. Dari yang tiba-tiba melesat ke atas, bisa juga tiba-tiba dibanting ke bawah. Akan tetapi, hal itu tak mempengaruhi negara untuk mengubah portofolio cadangan dalam bentuk [...]
Facebook’s stock market debut finally came and went — but for all the breathless hype, shares ended right near their offering price. On Thursday night, Facebook (FB) set its final IPO price at $38 a share. When the stock began trading at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, the first trade came in at $42.05 per share – a [...]
Angelenos are in some of the worst financial distress in the U.S., with the region’s households facing below average credit, housing and employment figures. A nationwide index measuring the financial health of the average U.S. household is currently at 69.9, a hair under the stable 70 level, according to a report from nonprofit credit counseling agency CredAbility. [...]
Home prices hit new post-bubble lows in February, according to a report out Tuesday. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities recorded a decline of 3.5% from 12 months earlier. Home prices have not been this low since November 2002. Nine [housing markets] hit post-bubble lows,” said David Blitzer, spokesman for S&P. Those nine markets include [...]
Enam di antaranya adalah Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) dan sisanya perusahaan swasta. Tahun ini, majalah ekonomi terkemuka dunia, Forbes, kembali merilis daftar 2.000 perusahaan raksasa dunia. Total pendapatan 2.000 korporasi dunia itu mencapai US$36 triliun, tumbuh 12 persen dibandingkan tahun lalu. Laba yang diperoleh mencapai US$2,64 triliun atau naik 11 persen. Total aset 2.000 perusahaan tersebut [...]
China kini menguasai 26 persen kepemilikan asing atas obligasi AS. China menambah kepemilikan surat utang AS dalam dua bulan berturut-turut sejak awal tahun ini. Bagi AS, naiknya minat China atas surat utangnya itu sangat penting demi membantu pembiayaan anggaran negara, yang tahun ini kembali bakal defisit lebih dari US$1 triliun. Menurut stasiun berita BBC, mengutip data [...]
Pada 2050, Indonesia bakal menduduki posisi keempat di dunia. Pemulihan ekonomi Eropa masih tak menentu. Situasi itu bisa berdampak bagi pertumbuhan ekonomi global. Tak terkecuali Asia, termasuk Indonesia. Namun, laporan Bank Pembangunan Asia (ADB) bertajuk Asian Development Outlook 2012 menunjukkan rata-rata pertumbuhan ekonomi di kawasan Asia masih akan meningkat. Bahkan, kembali melesat pada 2013. Pemicunya, dukungan konsumsi [...]
The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and the yen on Friday after lower-than-expected U.S. jobs figures bolstered views the Federal Reserve could yet ease policy further to boost the economy, though thin holiday trading exacerbated currency moves. The dollar reversed early gains against the euro after data showed U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 120,000 [...]
KALIFORNIA, .- Berperan sebagai pemburu harta karun dalam film “Indiana Jones”, Harrison Ford (69) juga menerima harta karun berlimpah saat menjual satu bangunan properti miliknya di Brentwood, Kalifornia, AS. Bangunan yang dia beli seharga 1 juta dolar AS (Rp 9,2 miliar) pada tahun 1983, kini terjual seharga 8,295 juta dolar AS atau Rp 75,4 miliar [...]
China will soon be home to half the world’s billionaires, so can the superrich help the superpower stay in the box seat? The Chinese economy is booming at a blistering pace. It is driven largely by the Fudai: the superrich who call the superpower home. Many are just in their forties. From building 30-storey towers [...]
 Best Buy’s stock took a dive on Thursday after the retailer reported quarterly results that included plans to close 50 big- box stores in the U.S. by 2013. The company said it plans to open the same number of stores in China during the same time period. Best Buy’s  stock price dropped 8% as the [...]
Direktur Jenderal Nilai Budaya, Seni dan Film Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif, Ukus Kuswara, mengatakan potensi Indonesia pada sektor ekonomi kreatif terbuka luas. “Kurang lebih 27 persen dari total penduduk Indonesia adalah pemuda dalam usia produktif dan tentunya juga memiliki potensi untuk mengembangkan ekonomi kreatif,” kata Ukus, di Jakarta, Jumat (16/3/2012). Ukus mengatakan, keanekaragaman seni [...]
Fed says 15 of the nation’s 19 largest financial firms are ready for the next recession. Citigroup and others could need more capital. FORTUNE — The Federal Reserve said a majority of the nation’s largest banks would be able to weather another deep recession. Four banks, though, have more work to do. In the stress test [...]
Top 50 rank: 1 Rank in Computers: 1 (Previous rank: 1) Overall score: 8.42 Ticker: AAPL Why it’s admired: To say it was another big year for Apple would be a gross understatement. With the passing of Steve Jobs, questions swirled around the company’s future. But under new CEO Tim Cook’s guidance, Apple continues to prosper. The company’s annual [...]
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