Their pilgrimage took them to the cultural treasures at Luoyang and Xian, both sites of ancient capitals, the old trading post of Dunhuang and, of course, Beijing and the Great Wall.
Two of three other such spots in the country are nearby: the Champa ruins at My Son and the ancient trading post of Hoi On.
But the onetime British trading post's ascent into the stratosphere of the world's ultra-wealthy cities in recent years reflects a momentous shift in the global economy, as wealth settles in Asia after more than a decade of booming emerging-market growth.
Dating back almost 2, 000 years, the city itself served as a trading post junction for the spice and silk routes throughout the Middle and Far East.
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The Merc has agreed to be the exclusive electronic-trading post for Nymex's key oil, gas and gasoline contracts and, eventually, for the metals futures traded in Nymex's Comex division through 2016.
Pierre Brazza's rival, the British explorer Henry Morton Stanley, mythologised through his search for Livingstone, reached the far shore, establishing a trading post that was to become the town of Leopoldville.
If the guidance is cautionary, it will rock the post-market trading session, which could spill into Friday's regular trading session.
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This week, I predict that the Dow will stay in the Bernanke post-FOMC trading range with downside limited to the 200-week, 120-month simple moving averages at 10, 714 and 10, 568, and the upside getting stuck by my annual pivot at 11, 491.
Commodities firms are complaining about potential limits the CFTC may impose on trading, as the Kitco blog post here shows.
Once the high-frequency trading seemingly subsided immediately post-announcemnt, the real selling ensued.
Welcome to the main stage of Moroccan halqa (street theatre), where the show has continued since Marrakesh was a medieval trading post, and public executions earned the Djemaa el-Fna the title Assembly of the Dead.
The company expects to post Q1 results before the start of trading on Tuesday.
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And Ebay, which linked up buyers and sellers of nearly everything to become the world's biggest trading post.
Much of the weakness occurred in after-hours trading late Tuesday following a post-meeting statement from the Federal Open Market Committee.
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Technology bellwether Cisco Systems ( CSCO) will step into the earnings limelight after the close of trading this afternoon, with Wall Street expecting the company to post a second-quarter profit of 43 cents per share.
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They provide unique insights into Timbuktu's emergence as a trading post, and by the 1500s, as a famous university town, full of students and scribes.
In an SEC filing after the close of trading Tuesday, Facebook announced that it will accelerate the expiration of a post-IPO lockup on employee holdings and said that Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has no plan to sell any of his holdings for at least 12 months.
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The trading week was largely driven by the news coming out of Europe, with the post-Fed rally continuing to pause over European uncertainty, some continuing poor global economic data, lowered earnings expectations, and perhaps some pure old-fashioned profit-taking into the end of the 3rd Quarter.
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The company raised its guidance and as the stock took off in post-market trading.
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Large biotech firm Amgen posted third quarter earnings after the bell on Monday, beating estimates and raising their full year outlook, as the stock rallied in early post-market trading.
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The town of Bor, half an hour by plane down the Nile from Juba, was once a busy trading post but now feels on a different planet.
Shares in Yum Brands surged in post-market trading on Monday after the company released first quarter sales data in China.
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Steve Cohen, the hedge fund titan who is dealing with the uncertainty of a government insider-trading investigation swirling around his firm, SAC Capital Advisors, has continued to post solid returns despite all the controversy.
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Shares in the footwear and apparel company took a tumble in post market trading on Thursday.
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In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded a trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later became the city of Detroit.
Shares in Nike rallied in post-market trading on Thursday, after the company posted better than expected profits and, most importantly, expanding margins.
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Testing can become a significant delay in implementing trading strategies see my post below about the results of a MathWorks survey which found that in some banks it can take months to implement a new algo.
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Only in cases where managers were accused of illegal insider trading does the stock price show above-market returns in the post-disciplining phase.
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The prospect, therefore, after some tortuous post-election horse-trading, is for a fragile coalition, with its many components pulling in different directions.
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