Toyota, Partner to Invest $461 Mln in China Venture
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Toyota Motor Corp., Asia&#39;s largest carmaker, will invest 3.8 billion yuan ($461 million) with its partner Guangzhou Automobile Group to boost capacity in China and catch up with rivals with established car plants in the country.
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As it tries to overtake General Motors as the leading global automaker by sales, Toyotaâs strategy of  shifting its focus to emerging markets from the United States appears to be paying off.
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Announcing an alliance that would create Japan's biggest retail grouping, Aeon supermarket chain said Friday it will take a 15 percent stake in troubled Daiei for 46.2 billion yen, or $393.5 million.
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The television unit of Japan&#39;s Sony Corp. and a division of China Film Group on Wednesday unveiled a joint venture to make Chinese-language TV shows under a new Chinese law that allows such co-ventures.
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By Kamarul Yunus  LITTLE-known trading firm Ben Rautin Sdn Bhd is talking with at least two Chinese state-owned oil and gas companies to take up equity participation in its proposed US$4 billion (RM14 billion) refinery-petrochemical complex in Lufeng, China.
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BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentine officials announced Tuesday night that Chinese companies have pledged to invest $19.7 billion in Argentina over the next decade on projects ranging from railroad expansion to offshore petroleum projects.
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Toyota Motor Corp. plans to  build a sport utility vehicle plant in the U.S. state of Mississippi for around 100 billion yen ($830 million), a newspaper reported on Tuesday, the latest sign of its pressing need for capacity to keep up with booming demand.
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Sony said on Tuesday it would invest Y60bn ($576m) over the next two years to expand its semiconductor manufacturing capacity in Japan in an effort to increase vertical integration
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SINGAPORE : CapitaLand Ltd said Thursday it is investing S$196 million in a portfolio of Chinese shopping malls as it pushes ahead with its aggressive expansion in the country.
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Citic Securities, a top state-controlled investment bank in China, is planning to invest $1 billion in Bear Stearns and form a joint venture with the firm in Asia.
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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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Top Chinese car maker SAIC Motor Corp will sign an agreement to buy the manufacturing assets of smaller rival Nanjing Automobile Group on Wednesday, the Shanghai Securities News said, in a deal worth up to $1.9 billion.
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Toyota plans to sell 10.4 million vehicles globally in 2009, it said Friday, a sales target that would put the Japanese automaker ahead of a record hit by world leader General Motors 30 years ago.
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The Toyota Motor Corporation reported company reported net income of 426.7 billion yen, or about $3.7 billion, due in part to strong American sales of its Camry sedan and the remodeled FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicle.
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The Shanghai Automotive Company, Chinaâs largest carmaker, agreed to buy out its partners in a truck maker and an auto-parts venture for 1.48 billion yuan ($194 million) to combine and expand its commercial-vehicle operations. The operations being taken over, the Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing Company and the Shanghai Wanzhong Automotive Components Company, will become part of a Shanghai Automotive unit, the SAIC Motor Corporation, Shanghai Automotive said. The automaker already owns half of both ventures. The move is in line with a government plan to combine the countryâs automakers.
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A major Japanese trading company is investing in Isuzu Motors Ltd., a truckmaker allied with General Motors Corp. of the United States, to strengthen a partnership in Thailand.
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China, France dairy companies set up joint venture    HONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited and its subsidiaries announced here Monday that it will form joint ventures with Groupe Danone of France to manufacture, develop, distribute and sell yogurt products.