Chinese insurer Ping An to raise $22B
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A major Chinese insurer has announced plans to raise up to $22 billion (euro15.0 billion) for acquisitions at a time when U.S. and European banks, battered by mortgage losses, want infusions of Asian capital to replenish their balance sheets.
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China&#39;s largest cell phone service provider, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., reported a 7.8 percent jump in first-half profits Wednesday as its number of subscribers rose by 23 percent.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings rose 22 percent, driven by record revenue in its investment banking and capital markets segments.
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Chinese insurers have paid more than 1.2 billion yuan, or $165 million, for deaths and damage from snowstorms that killed at least 107 people, said officials quoted Wednesday by a state news agency.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, said on Wednesday it will open an insurance business in Taiwan as it aims to tap into the fourth-biggest insurance market in Asia.
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LaSalle Investment Management is raising investment in Asia over the next three to four years to up to $20 billion as investor appetite for the region grows despite a credit squeeze, an executive said on Friday.
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong-based New Star International Investment Products (Asia) Ltd. is all set to expand its operations to Taiwan and Singapore next
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 22 percent on resilient fixed-income revenue, record
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European insurers face new costs and travel companies could lose business after tsunamis killed more than 22,000 in southern Asia this weekend, but the financial
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General Electric Co. said Friday that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and could buy back up to $15 billion worth of stock over the next three years.
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The People&#39;s Bank of China, or China&#39;s central bank, announced Thursday to raise both lending and deposit interest rates 0.27 percentage point higher as from Oct. 29.
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China Power International Development Ltd., a unit of China&#39;s fifth-biggest electricity generator, plans to raise as much as HK$2.
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The Hong Kong Housing Authority said bankers will devise a new plan to sell a record $2.7 billion real estate investment trust through an initial public offering after a legal challenge forced the postponement of the listing.
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Shares of ATA Holdings Corp. (ATAH.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped as much as 22 percent on the Nasdaq on Thursday morning after a Wall Street Journal report that America West
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The Swiss government has promised an additional SFr25 million ($22 million) in immediate aid to countries hit by the tidal waves in southeast Asia.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the fifth-biggest US securities firm, said quarterly profit rose 22 percent, exceeding analysts&#39; estimates, and earnings in 2005 may be higher than this year&#39;s record.
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U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  on Thursday said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 22 percent on increased income from mergers, offerings and trading.