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HNA’s finances still under question
Sep 29, 2017 (WiC 382)

Anthony Scaramucci sold his hedge fund to a Chinese group to free his path to become the mouthpiece of America’s president. But after lasting just 10 days as White House communications director ‘The Mooch’ found himself out of a day ...

Hong Kong’s first unicorn?

Alibaba brokers GoGoVan’s merger with 58 Suyun
Sep 8, 2017 (WiC 379)

Many of the world’s greatest companies have compelling origin stories. Passionate founders subsisting on maxed-out credit cards and sleepless nights struggling to bring their businesses to life (for more of these tales, download our book ...

Fosun pairs up with state partners in new round of overseas bids
Aug 25, 2017 (WiC 377)

After kicking off the new football season with three consecutive victories, Wolverhampton Wanderers have been made favourites for promotion to the elite English Premier League by local bookmakers such as Ladbrokes. Backed by the club’s new ...

Wanda sells more assets after cash crunch
Aug 18, 2017 (WiC 376)

One of Winston Churchill’s many sayings was that “success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. Many of the world’s tycoons have personal experience of the maxim. Steve Jobs is a decent example: after being booted ...

Wanda checks out of hotels

Wang Jianlin offloads property assets to Sunac and R&F. Why the haste?
Jul 21, 2017 (WiC 375)

Two summers ago one of the hottest topics in the Chinese financial markets was the political allegiances of Hong Kong’s richest man. The debate started with an article titled “Don’t let Li Ka-shing run away” in which a Xinhua-run think ...

Norsat deal becomes entwined in US politics
Jun 23, 2017 (WiC 371)

Canada’s Norsat is a company which claims to provide communications solutions for clients in challenging environments. Right now it is proving more of a challenge itself – as far as the Canadian government is concerned. Norsat’s proposed ...

Here comes the son

Midea heir He Jianfeng is more interested in financial services than fridges
Jun 9, 2017 (WiC 369)

When corporate raiders pounced on Piggly Wiggly Stores in the early 1920s, Clarence Saunders was having none of it. The Memphis Maverick, as he was known, had founded America’s first supermarket chain and listed it on the New York Stock ...

Does Hershey’s rue Golden Monkey purchase?
May 26, 2017 (WiC 367)

In Chinese, its name means good times, or hao shi. But times aren’t much fun for Hershey’s in China right now. In fact, the biggest confectionery company in the US has been having it tough since it purchased local player Shanghai ...

Slow progress for ‘Mixed ownership’ reforms
May 19, 2017 (WiC 366)

When China Unicom’s Shanghai-listed shares were suspended on April 5, the company said that details of a restructuring were “imminent”. Six weeks later they are stuck in trading limbo, while the restructuring plan waits for sign-off from ...

Shareholders swap blows at Shandong firm
Apr 28, 2017 (WiC 363)

When the authorities green-lighted China’s answer to House of Cards, its producers drew on real events for some of their inspiration. As we wrote in WiC362, the wildly popular In the Name of the People is supposed to ...

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