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100,000 Chinese move to Manila, trigger property surge

Bloomberg In Manila’s main financial district and its fringes, signs of the new inhabitants are everywhere: the restaurants serving steaming Chinese hotpots and dumplings, the Mandarin broadcasts at the Mall of Asia, and the soaring property prices. An estimated 100,000 migrants, mostly Chinese, have flooded into pockets of the Philippines capital since September 2016, and the deluge is rippling through ...

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Factories in US show signs of buckling from demand surge

Bloomberg US factories are having too much of a good thing, with surging demand leading to system-wide bottlenecks that are weighing on business and potentially the broader economy. The latest evidence came in the Institute for Supply Management’s April manufacturing survey, which showed that despite robust orders, production cooled as suppliers’ delivery times lengthened, backlogs mounted, materials prices picked up ...

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Aecon pulls out of Gordie Howe bridge bidding amid Chinese takeover

Bloomberg Canadian construction company Aecon Group Inc., the target of a takeover by a Chinese rival, has withdrawn from a group bidding on a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. John Beck, Aecon’s chief executive officer, said the decision to withdraw from bidding on the Gordie Howe International Bridge has nothing to do with the proposed C$1.2 billion ($930 ...

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