China Life says approached by U.S. financial firms
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Several U.S. financial firms have inquired whether China Life Insurance Co   would like to invest in them, Wan Feng, the president of the nation's biggest insurer, said on Wednesday.
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China should open its financial sector further to foreign competition to help it become more than an exporter of low-cost manufactured goods, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of  China  plans to raise as much as US$19 billion in what  would be the world's largest share sale, valuing the country's  top lender at a discount to its largest rivals, a source  familiar with the deal said on Sunday.
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Foreign firms are lining up to invest in China. But as U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will find out on his visit this week, Beijing seems increasingly loath to let them in
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XIANGHE, China  - China will push its banks to forge deeper into overseas markets for acquisitions and a global profile, a top bank regulator said on Sunday.
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Foreign firms are lining up to invest in China. But Beijing seems increasingly loath to let them in
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Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.  (2318.HK), China's second-largest life insurer, plans to sell  up to 1.15 billion A-shares worth an estimated US$4 billion  (2.17 billion pounds) to replenish its capital.
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China will push its banks to  forge deeper into overseas markets for acquisitions and a  global profile, a top bank regulator said on Sunday.
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JPMorgan Chase is talking to a  number of potential partners about forming a securities joint  venture in China, a senior executive said on Friday.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--About 20 New Zealand forestry and wood-processing firms are planning to work together to target the Chinese markets, the Dominion Post newspaper reported Monday.
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NEW YORK/HONG KONG  - Chinese companies are  starting to pursue North American and European electronics and  consumer brands as their government pushes them to build global  sales forces for their low-cost products.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker said it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure that comes amid reports it might buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business.
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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The banks are considering injecting capital into the Ambac Financial Group and assuming some of the risks associated with guarantees written by the company.
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China plans to let foreign companies take stakes in local television production companies, in a move giving international media companies better access to the world's biggest market.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China  plans to raise as much as US$19 billion in what would be the world's largest share sale, valuing the country's top lender at a discount to its largest rivals, a source familiar with the deal said on Sunday.
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China will consider adopting measures to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a government spokesman said on Friday.