Company Expansion

21 Feb 2013

Several banks, including ICBC and Standard Chartered, have launched ship leasing businesses where they retain ownership of vessels and charter them to operators at a daily rate, while the operator...

ZTE aims to sharpen focus on US enterprise market

12 Feb 2013

Shenzhen-based ZTE, the world's fifth-largest supplier of telecommunications equipment, expects to accomplish that expansion over the next few years after initially growing its new business...

Boosting DTZ's capabilities a goal for new chief Alva To Yu-hung

6 Feb 2013

Property analyst Alva To Yu-hung is using his personal insights gained from years of experience to strengthen the competitive ability of DTZ in the city following his appointment as managing...

Foreign expansion ambitions to boost China M&A

31 Jan 2013

China's merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to rebound this year, driven mainly by the overseas expansion ambitions of privately owned companies in the retail and consumer goods...

Li Ning falls on warning of big full-year losses

18 Dec 2012

Sportswear retailer Li Ning fell more than 5 per cent yesterday after forecasting a large full-year loss and announcing a 1.8 billion yuan (HK$2.2 billion) plan to restructure sales channels.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

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Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Data hosting company follows the cloud

Rackspace Hosting has a fairly simple modus operandi: it leases space in data centres to host and help manage company websites and applications, such as e-mail.

PPR buys majority stake in jeweller Qeelin

Top luxury groups, apart from opening new stores in China, are acquiring promising local brands as a way to expand in the world's second-largest luxury market.

Retailer Stelux eyes dealmakers to turn around China business

Shares of Stelux Holdings, a Hong Kong-based retailer of mid-priced glasses and watches, climbed yesterday after the company chairman said he would bring in two heavyweight executives to turn...

EARNINGS

L'Occitane on track to reach store expansion target

L'Occitane International, a French cosmetics maker and retailer, is on track to reach its store expansion target this year despite slower global economic growth, as it reports a better-than-...

EARNINGS

Cafe de Coral expansion stays on track despite rising costs

Fast food chain Cafe de Coral will not slow the opening of shops despite rising labour, rent and raw materials costs.

The company also said it would offset the impact of inflation by...

LISTINGS

Restaurant chain Tsui Wah plans big expansion on the mainland

Restaurant chain operator Tsui Wah has unveiled ambitious expansion plans on the mainland as it attempts to tap rising affluence in Shanghai and Guangdong.