Disney and China firms to buy stake in NBA China
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Walt Disney Co and four Chinese investment firms are set to take an 11 percent stake in the National Basketball Association's Chinese subsidiary, the professional basketball league said on Monday.
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British banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks to buy 19.9 percent of Suzhou Trust in China, its latest attempt to ramp up its position in the Chinese market, state media said Wednesday.
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Morgan Stanley  said on Monday it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give the U.S. investment bank a coveted onshore commercial banking license in China ahead of its international rivals.
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By James Walker, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 9--CLEVELAND -- Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell never worried about jersey sales.   Magic Johnson and Larry Bird didn't compete for fans in China and Japan.
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China&#39;s Yi Jianlian, taken by the  Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth selection in the NBA draft,  wants to be traded to another team, according to the player&#39;s  Chinese agent.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--China&#39;s biggest metals trader by revenue, China Minmetals Corp., hopes to sign a definitive agreement within a couple of months to buy Noranda Inc.
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Lenovo Group&#39;s takeover of IBM&#39;s personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by corporate China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad.
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Wal-Mart Stores , the world's  largest retailer, said on Monday it acquired a 35 percent stake  in China's Bounteous Company, expanding its presence in the  world's most populous country.
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Morgan Stanley  said on Monday  it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give  the Wall Street giant a coveted onshore commercial banking  license in China ahead of U.S. investment bank rivals.
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EBay Inc. on Tuesday confirmed it is forming a venture with a Chinese partner as the U.S. Web auction giant switches strategies for tapping China, a promising market where it has so far struggled.
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China Eastern Airlines  (0670.HK) shareholders rejected a deal to sell a 24 percent  stake to Singapore Airlines  for US$920 million,  opening the door for bigger rival Air China (0753.HK) to make a  play for the country's third-largest carrier.
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Southeast Asia&#39;s largest property developer CapitaLand Ltd. said Thursday it is teaming up with a Chinese state-linked group to buy and manage a slew of mainland shopping malls whose tenants include Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker says it has acquired a majority stake in IBM&#39;s personal computer business. The 1.75- billion-dollar deal is one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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Lenovo Group&#39;s takeover of IBM&#39;s personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft Corp. will invest in Chinese electronics maker Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd. as part of a project to link televisions and consumer entertainment devices with the Internet. Microsoft China agreed to buy 15 million newly issued Changhong shares at a price of 6.27 renminbi per share, according to a Changhong filing (in Chinese) with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Microsoft's planned stake in the company is worth 94.1 million renminbi (US$12.3 million). Changhong's announcement follows an agreement between the two companies, signed Friday, to cooperate on a project called Media Galaxy. The goal is to develop, manufacture, and sell televisions, computers and digital entertainment products that connect to the Internet, Changhong said. It did not offer further details. Terms of the investment deal require Microsoft to hold on to its Changhong shares for at least three years.
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Kid&#39;s clothing retailer Children&#39;s Place agreed to buy Disney&#39;s 313 North American retail stores, the companies said yesterday.