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South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corporation and France’s Arkema SA are investing a combined RM2 billion in Malaysia’s industrial bioTECHNOLOGY [] sector, the largest investment to-date for the sector, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. The Prime Minister said on Friday, Aug 12 the plant was expected to generate about RM20 billion of cumulative sales by 2020 and provide employment opportunities to alm..

H&M plans to double the number of stores it operates in Japan over the next year, it has been revealed. The high street retailer is due to invest heavily in the country because it sees Japan as an area of growth, Reuters reports. Mie Anton, a spokeswoman for H&M in Tokyo, told the news provider: "Japan is definitely an important market and we still see potential for growth here. "Japanese custom..

GREE, Japan’s leading mobile social gaming platform, announced today that it plans to invest in UltiZen Games, a Chinese PC, mobile, and browser-based game developer that also provides art outsourcing services for a variety of gaming platforms. GREE will buy shares equivalent to 5.1 percent of voting rights in the Chinese company. GREE’s investment may best be understood in the broader context o..

Japan's largest telecom service provider NTT Docomo Inc on Wednesday announced that it had acquired a 25 per cent stake in Viet Nam's VMG Media Joint Stock Company to expand the firm's services in the Asia-Pacific region The stake, worth approximately VND370 billion (US$17.8 million), represents Docomo's first investment in Viet Nam. Established in 2006, VMG Media controls one-fourth of the mobi..

Addressing a seminar titled, “Regional Development and Sino- Pak Relations,” here at Sir Syed Memorial Society, he said Chinese investments and projects in the country amounted to US$ 25 billion which were multiplying with each passing day. “I believe that the US will not leave Afghanistan which is a center from where they can watch China, Pakistan, Iran and other important regional players.Afgh..

Source from http://www.streetauthority.com/income-investing/may-be-safest-way-invest-china-458496 It's a familiar dilemma for U.S. investors. With the U.S. economy being stuck in low gear, delivering a paltry 1.3% growth in the second quarter of the year, investors are looking elsewhere for great returns. A great place to start is China. China has been delivering terrific growth -- in the second..

Aug 12, Colombo: One of the largest port operators in the Asian region, the Hong Kong-based China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) has finalized a deal to build and operate a container port in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, a Dow Jones news report said. The Company has signed a deal to invest more than US$500 million to build and operate a container port in Colombo. The blue-chip cong..

Chinese banks have poured more than $1 billion into real estate loans in New York City in the past year. Investors from China are snapping up luxury apartments and planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on commercial and residential projects like Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn. Chinese companies have signed major leases at the Empire State Building and at 1 World Trade Center, which is t..

JFE Steel Corp. said Friday that it will consider investing in a new steel-making plant in Brazil that mining giant Vale SA VALE +0.62% and two South Korean companies recently agreed to launch in Ceara state in the country's northeast region. The move means Tokyo-based JFE has decided to switch its investment in Brazil from an initially planned project that the company released in 2008. JFE, a ..

The second round of bidding will close on August 17 and three local private equity firms - MBK Partners, TStone and Vogo Fund - are in the running for the government's up to $6 billion stake sale, the biggest bank privatization in South Korea. "I can say there is an 80 or 90 percent chance that Goldman will join with MBK," said the source who could not be named due to the sensitivity of the pro..

Amore Pacific’s recent acquisition of French perfumery Annick Goutal has been met with skepticism, with experts challenging both the price and strategy ― and investors reacting correspondingly. Industry insiders say that not only did Amore pay too much ― the deal is rumored to be around 30 billion won ― but also “very little synergy” is expected. Amore Pacific announced Aug. 3 that it reached a..

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Taiwan's Powerchip Technology Corp. (5346.OT) struck a preliminary deal with Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. (6665.TO) on Monday to phase out sales of its own computer memory chips and produce dynamic random access memory chips used in computers exclusively for the Japanese chip maker. The deal, subject to the signing of a final agreement, highlights the competitive nature of the commoditized DRAM in..

Sony Corp. (6758) said Wednesday it will buy Seiko Epson Corp.'s (6724) Chinese subsidiary that makes small and medium-sized liquid crystal displays for CNY775 million ($118.19 million), as the Japanese electronics giant banks on strong demand for displays used in mobile devices and car electronics. Sony's decision highlights how major electronics makers worldwide are trying to ensure they have ..

Sapporo, the smallest of Japan's four major breweries, bought a 22 percent stake in Pokka in 2009 from Japanese private equity firm Advantage Partners and others. Sapporo is planning to boost its stake by buying shares from Advantage Partners and food and dairy firm Meiji Holdings (2269.T), said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been made public. Sappor..

Nippon Steel Corp president Shoji Muneoka (left) shakes hands with Sumitomo Metal Industries president Hiroshi Tomono at their joint news conference in Tokyo on Thursday as they announced plans to create the world's No 2 steel-maker. News of the proposed merger fanned expectations of further consolidation in the fragmented industry, sending Japanese steel-makers' shares surging on Friday. Shares..

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), India’s largest maker of sports utility vehicles (SUV), said that it has been selected the preferred bidder for the acquisition of a majority stake in South Korean SUV maker Ssangyong Motor Company (SYMC). The Indian auto major outbid other firms, including Kolkata-based P K Ruia Group, which is the owner of Dunlop and Falcon tyres. M&M would now get into a memorandum ..

Chinese state-run investment company Citic Group has acquired a majority stake in Tokyo-based cardboard maker Tri-Wall KK, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources. Citic’s private-equity arm Citic Capital Partners paid several billion yen for shares held by Tri-Wall investors. It plans to back Tri-Wall’s expansion and aims at listing the box maker’s stock in Hong Kong in a few ..

It's not quite as stunning as the earlier announcement regardingTurbine and Warner Bros, but for the free-to-play world a big shakeup has taken place. Nexon, known for MapleStory, Mabinogi, and the upcoming Vindictus among others, has acquired a controlling share of NDOORS Interactive, known principally forAtlantica Online. The deal was announced in Korea late Monday evening, with Nexon explaini..

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, May 03, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire King Door Closers, Korea's leading manufacturer of door closers and floor springs. King has a comprehensive range of basic and certified commercial and residential door closers as well as a complete range of floor springs. The product offering has given King a very strong presence within the ..

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, May 03, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Cantronic Systems Inc., ("Cantronic" or the "Company") /quotes/comstock/11v!e:cts (CA:CTS 0.39, +0.04, +11.43%) , today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Actiontop Electronics (consisting of 100% of the equity interest of both Actiontop Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. and Actiontop Electronics..

The unit of Hitachi will buy 100% stake in the logistics firm in a cash deal. In a landmark deal, Hitachi Transport System Ltd of Japan, a unit of Hitachi Ltd of Japan, has acquired Flyjac Logistics Pvt Ltd, a leading domestic logistics major for Rs 250 crore. In an all cash deal, the 100% stake from the promoters would be bought by Hitachi Transport. Ambit Corporate Finance Pte Ltd is the sole ..

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Source from http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B1QP20100112 SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's second-largest online game company Shanda Games (GAME.O) made its first U.S. acquisition on Tuesday, buying online game firm Mochi Media for $80 million, to advance its global ambition and consolidate its position in an increasingly competitive Chinese market. The deal, which comprises $60 million in ca..

Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., a Japanese drugmaker, agreed to buy Switzerland’s Tillotts Pharma AG for 136 million Swiss francs ($128 million), gaining some rights for a medicine to treat ulcers in the rectum and colon. Zeria will get rights to sell the drug Asacol in 53 countries in Europe and the Middle East, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement today. The agreement with closely held Tillot..

HONG KONG — The Royal Bank of Scotland sold parts of its Asian operations to a rival, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, on Tuesday for $550 million, a move that helped the stricken British lender raise much-needed cash and allowed ANZ to broaden its profile in Asia. ANZ, one of Australia’s four largest banks, is buying Royal Bank of Scotland’s retail, wealth and commercial businesses ..

Elpida Memory Inc. of Japan will take over Qimonda AG's graphics business, the German-based memory chip maker's bankruptcy administrator said Thursday. Administrator Michael Jaffe gave no details of the value of the transaction, which will see Elpida take over Munich-based Qimonda's Graphics Double Data Rate technology. The deal "maintains development capacities and highly qualified jobs at the ..

LG Chem has consolidated its position as a global power in car batteries, in a deal with carmaker General Motors for its eco-friendly vehicle, Volt. Samsung SDI is following up with its own major deal with BMW, a German premier carmaker. The two firms' contracts are different in scope and size, but it is clear that they both understand where their next cash cows lie. It is a foregone conclusion ..

A report Wednesday said Chinese authorities are preparing for the stock market listing of foreign companies next year, in comments that come as HSBC Holdings PLC says it is hoping to be among the first in line. HSBC Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Sandy Flockhart beats a drum marking the opening of a branch in China's Shandong province last month. Shanghai Vice Mayor Tu Guangshao, the city's top ec..

SK Telecom (SKT) is planning to sell all of its 15.3% shares of Virgin Mobiles USA for the pure investment purposes with Sprint acquiring Virgin Mobile USA. The 15.3% of shares are converted into a dismal 0.53% shares after Sprint's acquisition and this kills the South Korean global operator's strategic importance to Sprint. SK Telecom's future attempts to acquire any significant operator will d..