Mergers and Acquisitions

13 Apr 2013

Mergers and acquisitions in the mainland's cultural industry will maintain momentum and continue an upward trend, Deloitte research shows.

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Verizon denies intention to merge with or buy Vodafone

3 Apr 2013

Verizon Communications said it does not “currently have any intention” to merge with or buy its partner Vodafone Group, either alone or in conjunction with others, in response to press reports.

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Mainland firms to increase investment in Europe

1 Feb 2013

Of 74 companies that have invested in the 27-nation bloc, 97 per cent plan to make additional investments in the near future, according to a report released yesterday by the EU Chamber of Commerce...

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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...

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Li Ka-shing firm buys NZ waste manager

15 Jan 2013

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI), controlled by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, has bought a loss-making New Zealand waste management firm for NZ$490 million (HK$3.18 billion).

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What price is the FT's independence?

9 Jan 2013

One of the remarks I cherish from my young career as a reporter came from a hard-bitten Fleet Street veteran on the eve of my departure from Britain's Daily Telegraph group to join the foreign...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Signs of the Times

Three months after British media company Pearson reportedly started testing the waters for a possible sale of its flagship newspaper, the Financial Times, the company’s advisers have come all the...

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Things are already looking up above and on ground for 2013

In 2012 we spent much of the year raging about illegal car parking, Hong Kong's dirty air, the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator, the legal system, banks and their travails, the politics of illegal...

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Business Management: China's M&A deals

Chinese companies are increasingly using overseas mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as a way of acquiring new capabilities as they expand globally.

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WHITE COLLAR

2013: Hong Kong's year of regulatory reform

Happy New Year to all readers of White Collar. Last year marked a plethora of reforms and challenges for many listed companies, accountants, investment bankers, even the stock exchange and the...

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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Chinese banks eye S.E. Asia deals

It's no secret that capital-rich Chinese financial institutions are set to aggressively expand outside the world's No 2 economy over the coming years, but it remains unclear where and how this...

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Billionaire Quek makes US$1.1b bid to buy out Guoco

A group led by Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan offered HK$8.25 billion (US$1.1 billion) to take Guoco Group private after the financial and real-estate company trailed a rally in Hong Kong...

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