With an increasingly stable economy, explosive population growth and recent government initiatives that make foreign direct investment easier and less costly, China has become one of Wall Street’s geographic sweet spots. Within this burgeoning market, the country’s high-growth, highly fragmented automotive sector has emerged as an attractive investment opportunity, due in large part to rapid industrialization and preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Operating in China’s thriving economy, industry-leading commercial vehicle component company SORL Auto Parts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL) drives continued growth in its sector by providing superior air brake valves and related components at low cost in one of the most popular foreign direct investment (FDI) countries today. As China’s largest commercial vehicle air brake system manufacturer, SORL Auto...
The news that the Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge had collapsed into the Mississippi River on August 1, sent shock waves around the nation. During a typical bumper-to-bumper evening commute, the massive eightlane highway imploded, taking 13 lives and injuring more than 90 others. While the final cause is still under investigation, metal fatigue m...
Retail product manufacturers don’t have an easy job when it comes to selling their merchandise. Prime real estate in the retail world is hard to come by, given the frustrating fact that key placement on highly trafficked aisles and eye-catching shelf space is often what induces shoppers to pick a particular product. Beyond that, they face the...
The Internet has become the world’s largest and most heavily trafficked highway, with travelers, using only a few clicks of a mouse, able to reach places never before possible. The intersection of information, commerce and community has also caused a revolution in the world of marketing as companies strive to leverage the online universe of c...