Jul 26, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
PR Newswire SHENZHEN, China, Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc., an ultrasound technology leader in...
Jul 26, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Reuters China’s Shuanghui International Holdings, which has agreed to buy U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. for $4.7 billion, plans to list the combined company in Hong Kong after completing the takeover, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters....
Jul 26, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
The Wall Street Journal HONG KONG—Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said Tuesday it has made an investment in travel website Qyer, in the latest in a series of deals by China’s largest e-commerce company. Alibaba, which operates Taobao and other online shopping sites,...
Jul 26, 2013 | East Asia, News
Bloomberg 25 July 2013 CTBC Financial Holding Co. (2891) agreed to buy Tokyo Star Bank Ltd. for about 52 billion yen ($520 million), the first takeover of a Japanese commercial lender by a foreign bank, two people with knowledge of the matter said. CTBC, the...
Jul 24, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Chinatechnews.com Perhaps as a sign of the sinking values of Chinese Internet businesses, CDC Corporation, a portal website operator, media and exhibition organizer, has sold its Internet portal business China.com to Guoguang Global Media Holdings Limited for a paltry...
Jul 24, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Bloomberg Zong Qinghou, China’s richest man who is worth an estimated $11.3 billion, plans to add more malls across Chinese cities as he considers an initial public offering for those operations. There is no specific time frame for the share sale, Zong said at a press...