Of all the major consulting firms in China, Roland Berger is a little different. Based in Germany, it is the only one in China with European roots. More than 50 percent of its clients are locals, rather than big-name multinationals.
Shanghai copper rose 1.5 percent yesterday on expectations of rising copper consumption after the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays and on stock market optimism driven by takeover news.
Huang Chunman, a Guangdong-based toy trader, was apprehensive about her overseas market ever since the spate of recalls of Chinese toys last year. But she was relieved to find her company still received heavy orders from loyal overseas buyers.
The Shanghai stock market fell yesterday and the main index posted a loss of 16.7 percent for January, its second largest monthly drop this decade, because of turmoil in global markets and fears of an economic slowdown.
Investment in Shanghai's real estate market is expected to grow less rapidly and become more vulnerable to policy uncertainties in 2008, according to several large real estate service providers.
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