More follows on the run mostly from Hong Kong-China, with the odd mining or other note from Canada, Malaysia, Poland, Britain, Israel, Ethiopia, Argentina, Australia, Ireland, Cuba, Finland, India, and Luxembourg.

I returned to the land of the free (or toll-free) with lots of ideas to follow up on, about everything from buying foreign fracking stocks to playing the official support of Chinese shopping therapy. Covering L'Occitane (HK:0973), Anton Oilfield Services, (ATONY) and more.

L'Occitane en Provence, France's “green” maker of up-market cosmetics is expanding into the emerging markets, but has run into trouble with the US FDA. Reports are coming in that Valeant (VRX) is after Teva. Plus more international news.