UPS to buy out China partner
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SHANGHAI United Parcel Service, the world&#39;s biggest express courier, said Thursday that it would pay $100 million to take direct control of its operations in China as it expands to compete with FedEx and other rivals in the fastest-growing market for
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Amazon.com, the world&#39;s biggest online retailer, is to buy Chinese rival Joyo.com for about $75m in a deal that will give it a substantial presence in China&#39;s growing internet market.
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Sinopec Corp on Thursday proposed to merge with, and privatise, an affiliated plastic maker, Beijing Yanhua, in a deal worth around US$500m.
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China Eastern Airlines has announced an agreement to buy six 737-700 jetliners from US manufacturer Boeing for a total of $US241 million.
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U.S. home improvement retailer Home  Depot Inc.  said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement  to buy Chinese home improvement retailer The Home Way, marking  its first foray into retailing in China.
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For China, the country&#39;s biggest computer supplier buying out a unit of IBM is more than just a business deal. Lenovo Group&#39;s decision to purchase IBM&#39;s PC group for $1.75 billion could be
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China's largest PC maker could announce as early as today that it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for up to $2 billion.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker said Tuesday it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure which follows reports it might buy IBM Corp.
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United Technologies Corp., which offers security services through its Chubb unit, agreed to buy UK fire-protection company Kidde Plc for $2.8 billion in cash to expand its range of building-services products.
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China's biggest computer maker said Tuesday it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure which comes amid reports it might buy IBM Corp.'s personal computer business.
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The Bank of China has bought Asia's largest aircraft leasing company SALE, Singapore Airlines -- one of four shareholders in the firm -- has announced.
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By Li Weitao  Hong Kong-listed China Telecom Corp Ltd has agreed to buy telecom- related assets from its State-owned parent in a move to increase its stock appeal as it copes with a slowing fixed-line business and a failure to obtain licenses to offer mobile phone services.
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Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has said it will buy Joyo.com Limited -- a British Virgin Islands company that operates the largest Internet retail Web site in China -- for US&#36;75 million.
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EBay Inc. said on Tuesday it is folding its China operations into a new venture controlled by a local partner as the U.S. Web auction giant switches strategies for tapping the promising Chinese market where it has so far struggled.
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US internet giant Amazon.com is buying China's largest web retailer Joyo.com, in a deal worth $75m (Â£41m).
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U.S. buyout fund Lone Star said on  Thursday it was ending an agreement to sell Korea Exchange Bank  (004940.KS) to Kookmin Bank (060000.KS) in a $7.3 billion deal,  which has been subject to a long-running prosecutor probe.
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Package deal: IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) added its 14th board member, Michael L. Eskew, chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Service (nyse: UPS - news - people ), on Tuesday.