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Culture clash: Why Western companies are better at mergers than their Chinese and Japanese counterparts

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Bank of Communications’ Q3 net profit rises as restructuring spurred units to earn more fees

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ICBC’s net profit for third quarter falls 7.2pc to 72.8 billion yuan

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Hong Kong’s young fashion designers go international

Japanese and Chinese companies still have room to improve, say merger and acquisition experts

Culture clash: Why Western companies are better at mergers than their Chinese and Japanese counterparts

Cash may be flooding out of China and Japan as the two countries buy up overseas companies, but the big spenders still have room to improve on how they handle mergers, according to experts.

28 Oct 2016 - 6:50pm More on Management

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Bank of Communications’ Q3 net profit rises as restructuring spurred units to earn more fees

28 Oct 2016 - 6:28pm More on Hong Kong company reporting season

Geely Automotive believes its hybrid sport utility vehicle Lynk & Co 01, to be produced in China but distributed globally, can win market share by targeting the lower end of the sports enthusiast market. Geely unveiled the vehicle in Berlin on October 20, 2016. Photo: Bloomberg

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China’s automotive giants take on the world with innovative vehicles without a ‘made in China’ price

28 Oct 2016 - 6:17pm More on Geely

ICBC’s net profit for third quarter falls 7.2pc to 72.8 billion yuan

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ICBC’s net profit for third quarter falls 7.2pc to 72.8 billion yuan

28 Oct 2016 - 6:11pm

Clothes designer Kenax Leung with models wearing some of his designs at a Fashion Farm Foundation show in Paris. Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti, NOWFASHION

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Hong Kong’s young fashion designers go international

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China Resources Pharmaceutical shares fall in Hong Kong trading debut

Xinhuanet shares soar in Shanghai trading debut

Politics be damned, Chinese and Indian economies are closer than ever before

China internet search giant Baidu surprises with third quarter net profit

ZTO Express drops in New York trading debut, weighed down by a declining market

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Internet start-ups, social network firms pile into making cars to redefine China’s future of mobility

28 Oct, 5:26pm

Designer Kenax Leung at the Fashion Farm Foundation in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong. Photo: David Wong

Companies

Home grown talent is the key to rejuvenating Hong Kong’s fashion industry

28 Oct, 5:20pm

Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP

Companies

HKSE’s waiver for BoC Hong Kong’s corporate secretary sets a bad precedent

28 Oct, 4:35pm

Shenzhen authorities raid 42 property agencies in crackdown on ‘non legal’ activities

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Shenzhen authorities raid 42 property agencies in crackdown on ‘non legal’ activities

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China Telecom posts stable earnings growth in first nine months

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China Telecom posts stable earnings growth in first nine months

28 Oct, 3:36pm

WH Group shares plunge after major shareholder CDH plans stake sale

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WH Group shares plunge after major shareholder CDH plans stake sale

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Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP

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HKSE’s waiver for BoC Hong Kong’s corporate secretary sets a bad precedent

28 Oct 2016 - 4:35pm

A robot on display at the China High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. Beijing had high hopes that the ChiNext would help Chinese-made products move up the value chain, and create a batch of technology behemoths. Photo: Xinhua

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28 Oct 2016 - 12:15am 9

Li Ka-shing has sold a Shanghai office and retail complex to a company majority owned by China Life Insurance Co for 20 billion yuan. Photo: AP Photo

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Li Ka-shing sells Shanghai complex for US$2.95 billion while yuan takes a tumble

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After this disposal, CK Property owns at least six more commercial buildings on the mainland, each valued at more than 1 billion yuan, according to the Post’s calculations

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China’s push to collect non-resident overseas financial account information comes as mainlanders are stepping up effort to take cash out of China amid a decline in the value of the yuan. Photo: Reuters

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A robot on display at the China High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. Beijing had high hopes that the ChiNext would help Chinese-made products move up the value chain, and create a batch of technology behemoths. Photo: Xinhua

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Japanese and Chinese companies still have room to improve, say merger and acquisition experts

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Culture clash: Why Western companies are better at mergers than their Chinese and Japanese counterparts

Cash may be flooding out of China and Japan as the two countries buy up overseas companies, but the big spenders still have room to improve on how they handle mergers, according to experts.

28 Oct 2016 - 6:50pm More on Management

Designer Kenax Leung at the Fashion Farm Foundation in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong. Photo: David Wong

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Home grown talent is the key to rejuvenating Hong Kong’s fashion industry

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Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP

Companies

HKSE’s waiver for BoC Hong Kong’s corporate secretary sets a bad precedent

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WH Group shares plunge after major shareholder CDH plans stake sale

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WH Group shares plunge after major shareholder CDH plans stake sale

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Xinhuanet shares soar in Shanghai trading debut

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Clothes designer Kenax Leung with models wearing some of his designs at a Fashion Farm Foundation show in Paris. Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti, NOWFASHION

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Hong Kong’s young fashion designers go international

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Qiantu’s K50 two-seat roadster makes use of carbon fibre to reduce weight. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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UK data prompts global bond sell-off as prospect of rate cut dims

Markets

UK data prompts global bond sell-off as prospect of rate cut dims

28 Oct 2016 - 12:25am More on Bonds

Pace of capital exodus likely to pick up in the current and coming quarters, putting further downward pressure on the yuan, analysts say

Markets

China’s capital outflows set to grow in Q3 and accelerate further in 2017, analysts say

26 Oct, 11:40pm

An oil worker at Qinghai Oilfield Co in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Crude oil prices approached three-week lows amid worries of the possible failure of efforts to reduce global output. Photo: Xinhua

Markets

Hong Kong and mainland indexes drop, fuelled by oil and coal sell-off

27 Oct 2016 - 5:18pm More on A-shares

Chart of the day: Shanghai’s star turn

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Chart of the day: Shanghai’s star turn

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Standard Chartered cuts yuan forecast for year end, sees slight decline in 2017

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Competition for white-collar jobs eases in China and wages continue to rise in third quarter

27 Oct 2016 - 11:50pm 4

The People's Bank of China is tightening the liquidity tap to counter a weakening yuan. Photo: Bloomberg

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The central bank came immediately after the economic planner in the conference system, which could mean banks would take more responsibility in future corporate debt restructuring deals, an analyst says. Photo: Reuters

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China launches multi-agency push to tackle corporate debt

27 Oct 2016 - 7:04am 1

People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China. The bank’s monthly data helps observers get a sense of its commitment to defending the yuan. Photo: Reuters

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Chinese exporters attending the Canton Fair are pinning their hopes on stronger offshore demand and better products. Photo: Xinhua

Economy

Cheaper yuan brings little cheer for Chinese exporters at Canton Fair

25 Oct, 7:30am 1

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In their preferred cities for emigration, Los Angles was chosen by 17.8 per cent of the wealthy Chinese people in the survey as they place where they would like to buy property and live. Photo: AFP

Money & Wealth

60 per cent of China’s richest people plan to invest abroad and emigrate in next three years, says survey

28 Oct 2016 - 5:04pm 2 More on Property investment

Alibaba’s online sales during last year’s Single’s Day shopping extravaganza tallied 91 billion yuan, a jump of 60 per cent on year. Photo: Reuters

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China becomes biggest Australian wine importer, overtaking US

20 Oct, 10:04pm

Chinese investors face restrictions on moving cash overseas. Photo: AFP

Money & Wealth

Property market boosted, but outbound investment hit as China restricts flow of cash out of country

17 Oct, 11:30pm

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, says China can think about learning from the euro zone’s experience in differentiated fiscal policy. Photo: Bloomberg

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Hong Kong’s new flat supply to hit 93,000 over the next three to four years

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Hong Kong’s new flat supply to hit 93,000 over the next three to four years

28 Oct 2016 - 11:28am

After this disposal, CK Property owns at least six more commercial buildings on the mainland, each valued at more than 1 billion yuan, according to the Post’s calculations

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What else does Superman Li own in China after his 20 billion yuan Shanghai sale?

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Who’d buy a car park space for HK$4.8 million? Someone on Conduit Road just did

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Who’d buy a car park space for HK$4.8 million? Someone on Conduit Road just did

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Li Ka-shing has sold a Shanghai office and retail complex to a company majority owned by China Life Insurance Co for 20 billion yuan. Photo: AP Photo

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Li Ka-shing sells Shanghai complex for US$2.95 billion while yuan takes a tumble

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