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Joint ventures continue to be a primary vehicle for U.S. corporations expanding their businesses in China. The country, however, remains a risky one in which to operate. Among the chief concerns for foreign investors are a lack of infrastructure, evolving rules governing foreign investment and weak enforcement of intellectual property...
Posted on October 29, 2009 11:33 AM
The numbers would be even bigger if the deal between Aluminum Corp. of China and Rio Tinto plc had gone through. Or if Beijing Auto had been able to buy the stake it sought in General Motors Co.' Adam Opel GmbH unit.Even without those deals, overseas investment by Chinese companies...
Posted on October 27, 2009 3:09 PM
The approval by Chinese regulators of Pfizer Inc.'s (NYSE:PFE) $68 billion merger with Wyeth (NYSE:WYE) earlier this week offers another glimpse into just how open China will be to foreign investment under its new anti-monopoly law. The conditional clearance -- under which Pfizer will have to divest certain animal health assets in...
Posted on October 1, 2009 3:27 PM
Considering China's importance to the global economy, it's amazing how little most of us know about how things really work there. Current case in point: The posting of an essay on China Secrecy On-Line, a Web site connected with the National Administration for Protection of State Secrets, excoriating employees of...
Posted on August 10, 2009 11:21 AM
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is expected to open its first retail operation in India this month. As this Time.com article notes, that doesn't mean the discount chain's logo or low prices will be on display. Instead Wal-Mart will operate as a wholesale retailer, providing back-end support to its joint venture...
Posted on May 15, 2009 12:20 PM
Navajo Wind Energy Corp. has announced another deal in its strategy to harness a piece of China's wind power market. The company on Monday announced it's negotiating with wind turbine developer Mingchuang Energy Manufacturing Co. to form a joint venture to manufacture wind turbines in China. The JV is the...
Posted on March 9, 2009 11:00 AM
Bank of New York Mellon is planning a mutual joint venture in China with Chinese brokerage firm Western Securities Co. BoNY announced Monday that it expects approval from the Chinese Regulatory Securities Commission in time to launch BNY Mellon Western Fund Management Co. by the third quarter. BoNY will own...
Posted on February 24, 2009 11:23 AM
Kuwait's biggest investment bank defaulted on most of its debt on Thursday, a little more than a week after political authorities there pulled the plug on a $17.4 billion joint venture between state-owned Petroleum Industries Co. and Dow Chemical Co. The two events are not directly related, but they're not...
Posted on January 9, 2009 12:50 PM
The economic slowdown in China is being felt by General Motors Corp.'s passenger vehicle joint venture. Shanghai General Motors Corp., the crippled giant's joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp., on Monday posted a 7% drop in 2008 sales. Overall, GM sales in China rose 6% in 2008, carried by sales...
Posted on January 6, 2009 2:30 PM
In this edition of Inside the Deal, Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at the Smith School of Business and author of the forthcoming book Getting China and India Right, tells Suzanne Stevens that the opportunity to acquire attractive targets in those developing countries - at bargain prices - has never been better.
Posted on December 30, 2008 10:15 AM
Rio Tinto plc may sell its stake in a China joint venture as it fights devastating commodity prices and towering debt. Reuters quotes unnamed sources at Rio's JV partner Qingtongxia Aluminum as saying a sale may be near as state-owned Qingtangxio consolidates its operations in advance of a takeover by...
Posted on December 8, 2008 11:00 AM
Now that Coca-cola Co. has completed its application with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce for anti-monopoly approval of its $2.4 billion bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd., what's the prognosis for the deal? For perspective, we turned to Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at the University of Maryland's...
Posted on December 5, 2008 3:11 PM
Alternative energy is one of the few sectors predicted to see decent deal activity in 2009, and based on investment of late, solar power will be a hot one. On Monday, we told you how Sharp Corp. is planning a $1 billion joint venture with Enel SpA, Italy's largest power...
Posted on December 2, 2008 1:19 PM
News that the world financial crisis may dampen China's economic growth hasn't slowed Eaton Corp.'s aggressive investing. In November the diversified industrial manufacturer purchased a building in Shanghai that will house its new Asia-Pacific headquarters. The investment will allow Eaton to integrate and better coordinate its local power management operations,...
Posted on November 26, 2008 10:25 AM
Microsoft Corp. has hired Simon Leung (pictured) as chief executive of its greater China region. The former Motorola Inc. executive will be responsible for strategy and growth across all of Microsoft's China businesses. He replaces Ya-Qin Zhang, who will serve as chairman of the China research and development group. As...
Posted on November 14, 2008 11:12 AM
Now that's a stimulus package.China said Sunday it will spend $586 billion through 2010 (nearly 16% of last year's GDP, The Wall Street Journal reported) to keep its economy growing above the 8% rate it considers necessary to keep unemployment at bay and the country's transformation rolling forward.Though it's apparently...
Posted on November 10, 2008 10:46 AM
PepsiCo Inc. announced Monday it would spend $1 billion through 2013 to expand its presence in China. The company plans to build manufacturing facilities, expand research and development efforts, and build a national sales and distribution force. China is one of PepsiCo's fastest-growing markets.The investment is part of the beverage...
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:47 PM
For anyone looking to tap the Chinese market through a joint venture, you may want to check out this post on the China Briefing News site. The post by Chris Devonshire-Ellis, a senior partner with Dezan, Shira & Associates, offers an overview of the pros and cons of JVs in...
Posted on October 29, 2008 12:48 PM
Intel Capital on Tuesday announced three new investments in Chinese startups. The corporate venture giant will invest $20 million in solar solutions manufacturer Trony Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. and undisclosed amounts in electricity storage system maker NP Holdings Ltd. and healthcare...
Posted on October 28, 2008 3:20 PM
Mitsubishi Motor Corp. and trading house Mitsubishi Corp. announced on Monday the formation of a Shanghai-based joint venture to expand sales in China. The companies are independent operating businesses of the Japanese conglomerate the Mitsubishi Group. The news comes two days after Mitsubishi Motors announced plans to cut production in...
Posted on October 28, 2008 10:50 AM
Despite global economic woes and a local slowdown, the Chinese market saw an increase in cross-border M&A during the third quarter. A report by Zero2IPO Research Center, "China Merger & Acquisition Report Q3 2008," showed a total of 20 cross-border deals were finalized this quarter. Fourteen of the deals disclosed...
Posted on October 23, 2008 1:33 PM
As readers of this site know well, doing deals in China is tricky. One of the latest examples is Coca-Cola Co.'s proposed acquisition of China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. The folks at Ernst & Young aim to help. The firm's Bob Partridge and Jeff Perry are taking on the topic...
Posted on September 10, 2008 2:15 PM
The Olympic Games are well underway in China and after all the hype is gone, China will be left -- not only with a bunch of gold medals -- with an economic challenge. A recent article in the Times pointed out that Chinese factories reported a plunge in new orders...
Posted on August 13, 2008 11:55 AM
How much the disparate businesses of General Electric Co. really support each other is a long-running discussion. Lately there's been some investor sentiment that the conglomerate should sell off its NBC Universal media unit. But as related in a Reuters report, GE is making an interesting counterargument based on all...
Posted on August 4, 2008 5:15 PM
If a Tuesday report from Reuters has it right, sometime after the Beijing Olympics closing ceremonies on Aug. 24, Walt Disney Co. will be able to announce a far-reaching China deal that includes a theme park in Shanghai plus unprecedented access to China's movie and TV markets.The report is based...
Posted on July 30, 2008 4:30 PM
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