Acquisition

Buyout firm snaps up HMV Hong Kong for a song

1 Mar 2013

AID Partners Capital, a Hong Kong-based buyout firm focusing on the entertainment and media industry, has bought HMV's businesses in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as operating licences for...

Citic Resources says no to aluminium smelter purchases

26 Feb 2013

Citic Resources Holdings, the energy and metals arm of state-owned conglomerate Citic Group, will continue to look for acquisition opportunities but will pursue them in a "cautious" manner, its...

CNOOC will face serious challenges managing Nexen

20 Feb 2013

CNOOC's acquisition of Nexen is being watched closely, given that it is China's largest overseas investment acquisition to date. How the China National Offshore Oil Corporation integrates and...

Dell buyout proposal fails to impress shareholders

14 Feb 2013

Dell's biggest outside investors, T. Rowe Price and Southeastern Asset Management, oppose the US$13.65-a-share proposal, saying it undervalues the number-three maker of personal computers.

Kingway shares climb after sale of breweries announced

7 Feb 2013

Shares of Kingway Brewery Holdings rose 7 per cent yesterday after the company announced it was selling its brewery business for 5.58 billion yuan (HK$6.87 billion) to China Resources Snow...

Opinion

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Industry shake-up may see GM acquire ailing plants in China

GM, already the top foreign carmaker in China, aims to increase sales by about 75 per cent by 2015 to five million units, and a deal with another carmaker was one possible way its ventures could...

ICAC raids China Mining Resources office over failed deal

The Independent Commission Against Corruption searched the head office of China Mining Resources in Hong Kong on January 15 and seized books and records in relation to an aborted acquisition, the...

D-day for HSBC's sale of stake in Ping An

Views on whether the second part of the transaction, worth about US$7.4 billion, can be completed are divided after several dramatic turns of events, including the transfer out of Hong Kong the...

ACQUISITIONS

Geely in running to buy stalled London cab firm

Mainland carmaker Zhejiang Geely may buy out its London taxi manufacturing partner Manganese Bronze for less than £2.7 million (HK$33 million), a person familiar with the talks said.

TECHNOLOGY

Lenovo considers buying BlackBerry maker as an option

Lenovo Group is assessing potential acquisition targets and strategic alliances, including a deal with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, as the second-largest producer of personal computers...

ACQUISITIONS

Huafeng shares up after buying tea producer

The Hong Kong share price of Huafeng Group Holdings rose 8 per cent yesterday, after the loss-making blanket maker announced it would acquire a mainland tea producer controlled by the family of...