Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg Croda International Plc, the world’s second-largest maker of cosmetic ingredients, agreed to buy a Chinese maker of fatty-acid products for 38.2 million pounds ($58.8 million) to tap growing demand for lubricant additives for cars. The U.K. supplier of...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
Reuters PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) – One of China’s top securities brokers has bought parts of the commodities trading unit of French bank Natixis in the latest move by Chinese institutions to expand into natural resources markets. * Western banks under...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Information Times Shanghai Media Group subsidiary BesTV New Media has announced in a regulatory filing that the company is engaged in preliminary negotiations with Shanghai-based online game developer and operator Qifan Digital Technology (7FGame) over the possible...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
The Korea Economic Daily Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on August 1 that it would acquire Liaoning Baifeng, a Shenyang (Liaoning Province)-based manufacturer of drug materials, and invest up to 18 billion won to modernize the latter’s facilities. According to...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Nasdaq.com China Commercial Credit, a microcredit lender to small businesses in the Jiangsu Province of China, lowered the proposed deal size for its upcoming IPO on Thursday. The Wujiang, China-based company now plans to raise $13 million by offering 1.9 million...
Aug 6, 2013 | Africa, China, East Asia, News, South Africa
Thesouthafrican.com The transaction, which was completed for an undisclosed amount in July, marks the first occurrence of a Chinese multinational investing in South Africa’s vineyards. Yangzhou-based Perfect China has made the Asian country’s first investment in South...
