China may topple the US as the top trader of the world for the first time when it unveils the value of trade of its goods for 2013, The Brics Post reported.
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Chinese tycoon Chen Guangbiao dials back New York Times bid, admits offer faces obstacles
Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao has dialed back his bid to acquire The New York Times Co. over a week after making his interest public, saying that the level of difficulty is great. Times chairman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. recently said that the prestigious media company is not for sale.
Australia's NSW government down to three bidders for Macquarie Generation
Chinese conglomerate Shenhua has dropped out from the bid for New South Wales (NSW) power generator Macquarie Generation (MacGen), leaving only three bidders, according to a report.
Paris's Bourbon sells vessels to China's ICBC Financial Leasing
Bourbon, a Paris-based operator of supply and crew ships for the oil industry, sold a dozen vessels to China's ICBC Financial Leasing as part of its plan to make a dent on its debt, Bloomberg reported.
Temporary lifting of ban selling foreign video game consoles in China paves way for tech companies to enter market
China's State Council has suspended the ban the government had put in place for 14 years which barred the selling of foreign video game consoles, potentially opening doors for technology firms to enter the Chinese video game market, Reuters reported.
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The State Grid Corp of China officially completed the $7.5-billion purchase of interests in Australian power firms SP AusNet and Jemena from utilities group Singapore Power.
US-based firm Cooper Tire & Rubber Company announced via press release that it has called off its merger plans with India-based manufacturer Apollo Tyres and will focus on building its business instead.
China-based rare earth metals producer Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare Earth Group has added nine regional mining firms as part of a government bid to consolidate the industry.
Chinese founders of technology firms that have become billion dollar firms have gone on to start other companies or act as benefactors of other startups or give guidance to young firms, the Financial Times reported.
New York-based cosmetics company Revlon, which has posted profit declines in 2011 and 2012, will close its operations in China, cutting at least 1,100 jobs. News of the shutdown came a few months after Revlon bought Spanish beauty care company Colomer Group.
China Postal Express and Logistics Co Ltd (EMS), the biggest integrated logistics service provider in China announced on Friday the withdrawal of its application for an initial public offering (IPO).
The world economy should snap a three-year stretch of slowing growth in 2014, although the upturn over the next 12 months looks likely to be incremental rather than a leap forward.
The general consensus of research firms and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts believed that the brisk activity of dealmaking will keep its momentum till the next year.
China's Bright Food Group Ltd unit Manassen Foods could be the frontrunner in an acquisition contest for United Dairy Power, the biggest privately-owned milk supplier in Australia, according to a news report by the Business Spectator.
