Emerging Markets Output Growth Strongest Since March 2013

Business activity in emerging markets expanded last month at its fastest rate since March 2013, boosted by strong growth in China and India, a survey showed on Monday.  HSBC's composite emerging markets index of manufacturing and services purchasing managers' surveys jumped to 52.3 in June - well above the 50 threshold that indicates expansion - from 50.6 in May.  Services activity growth hit a 15-month high and manufacturing output also rose, HSBC said.

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Emerging Markets Chart That Says 'Aggressively Buy'

Investors who were eventually won over by the merits of backing emerging markets will have been left disappointed by returns over the past year.  The promise has long been that poorer parts of the world, such as China and India, will rapidly catch up with the wealth of the West, and that investors here could profit from that transformation, albeit with a bumpy ride along the way. 

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Emerging Markets Drive Mobile Shopping

Consumers in the United States haven't warmed up to shopping via their smartphones as quickly as have their peers around the world, a new study finds.

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