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...With the IPO market suddenly booming, China's companies are only too happy to indulge pent-up investor demand. The crash in global markets had virtually shut down new listings. Only two Chinese enterprises went to market in the U.S. last year, down sharply from 29 in 2007. Now there's a rush to list. Accounting firm Ernst & Young says it is working on 108 IPOs; most of the offerings are by Chinese companies planning to list in China, Hong Kong or both. Meanwhile, Chinese technology firms are expected to head to the U.S., which has long been the market...
...today's teenagers are indeed spending more responsibly, how long can this attitude last? While retail analysts repeatedly claim that adults will never again consume like they did in prior years, they don't make the same claim about kids. Klinefelter says there's plenty of pent-up demand in the teen sector. Yes, teens aren't spending because of the recession, but that's also because retailers have failed to create a hot new trend. Denim has been the default teen look for the past few years, and nothing has knocked it off its perch. "Once the dominant...
Release some of that pent-up stress in a laser tag arena (20 minutes: $12, 70 minutes: $20). When you get tired from your laser-play, go try your hand at karaoke ($5 per person), which is located in the same building. Those with any energy left over can head over to the bungee run ($5 per person). http://www.lazerzone.net/facility.html 416 Boston Post Road East, Marlboro...
...Coming Car Boom Once the dust settles, the new GM, or whatever replaces it, is likely to see a marketplace of consumers finally ready to spend money on new cars. GM's executives aren't entirely off base in thinking that pent-up demand is building, because it is. "Assuming general economic recovery, in the developed markets we will see maybe 95% of what it had been," says John Paul MacDuffie, an associate professor of management and co-director of the International Motor Vehicle Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. U.S. auto and light-truck sales...
Some observers argued that there was pent-up demand to buy stocks. The market has been going down so rapidly that investors have been dying to get back in. This point of view is only defensible if there is evidence that individuals and institutions with capital to invest will buy stocks every time that they see a rally. If, on the other hand, this is just a herd instinct working, then investors can consider themselves no more intelligent than lemmings...