China's consumer class looks poised to take the globe by storm, but is it all a facade ready to crumble?

Asian markets ended mostly lower Friday as technology shares sagged after their U.S. peers took a beating, while an overnight pullback in commodity prices weighed down resource stocks.

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CNPC, the parent of PetroChina Co Ltd (NYSE: PTR, SHA: 601857, HKG: 0857), Asia's biggest oil producer, extracted 70 million cubic meters of gas from its reserves and supplied almost 400 million m3 over ... more

In 1995, the NASDAQ was trading around 1000. On 3/10/2000, it hit a peak of 5048. Such euphoria had not been seen since the railroad boom of the 1840s or the automobile boom of the 1920s. Now it is China’s turn. Last quarter China grew at a brisk 8.9% rate thanks to the government’s aggressive stimulus. The following are 14 Chinese stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges and have dividends over 2%:[More...]

The government of Australia is targeting four homegrown renewable energy companies with over US$214 million in assistance.

Chinese energy giant PetroChina Co. Ltd. (PTR) announced third quarter earnings of RMB 30.8 billion or RMB 0.17 per diluted share, compared to RMB 40.1 billion or RMB 0.22 per diluted share in the year-earlier quarter. The year-over-year negative comparison was primarily attributable to lower oil prices and weaker energy demand. PetroChina’s total revenue in [...]

(PTR) PetroChina Net Earnings Sags on Energy Slump

Companies featured in this segment: Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ:GENZ), PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR), Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ), Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY), Centrica plc (OTC:CPYYY), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY)

Companies featured in this segment: GE Energy (NYSE:GE), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), International Power plc (OTC:IPRPY), Mitsui & Company Limited (NASDAQ:MITSY), Lukoil (OTC:LUKOY), Osaka Gas Company Limited (TYO:9532), GS Caltex Corporation, and Tokyo Gas Company Limited (TYO:9531)

Companies featured in this segment: Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC), Rockwood Holdings Incorporated (NYSE:ROC), Sociedad Quimica y Minera SA (NYSE:SQM), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Solutia Incorporated (NYSE:SOA), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), BASF SE (OTC:BASFY), RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY), Clough Limited (ASX:CLO), JGC Corporation (TYO:1963), PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR), Petronet LNG Limited (BSE:532522), Abengoa SA (MCE:ABG), Alstom SA (EPA:ALO), Solar Millennium AG (ETR:S2M), Habanero Resources Incorporated (CVE:HAO)

Companies featured in this segment: Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), Westlake Chemical (NYSE:WLK), ESG Biofuels (Live Oak) LLC, Energy Systems Group LLC, Vectren Corporation (NYSE:VVC), Allegheny Energy Incorporated (NYSE:AYE), Iberdrola SA (MCE:IBE), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), SPX Corporation's (NYSE:SPW), Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, The Shaw Group Incorporated (NYSE:SGR), Progress Energy Incorporated (NYSE:PGN), China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP), and PetrocChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR).

Companies featured in this segment: General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Chrysler LLC, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Lukoil (OTC:LUKOY), EnCana Corporation (NYSE:ECA), Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Ormat Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ORA), Xcel Energy Incorporated (NYSE:XEL), American Renewables LLC, Tyr Energy Incorporated, Itochu Corporation (OTC: ITOCY), Chevron Australia Proprietary Limited Company, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), Clough Limited (ASX:CLO), JGC Corporation (TYO:1963), Hatch Associates, Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A), Exxon Mobile (NYSE:XOM), Petro China Company Limited (NYSE:PTR), Chubu Electric Power Company Incorporated (TYO:9502), Osaka Gas Company Limited (TYO:9532), and Tokyo Gas Company Limited (TYO:9531).