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China's biggest train maker is hoping to raise US$2bn in a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Beijing-based China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp Ltd this week launched... 2008-07-17

The Japanese Government has sold a stake in financial conglomerate Chuo Mitsui for US$973mn, in a bid to help the mid-sized bank repay public money injected in a state bailout in... 2008-07-17

Brazilian mining giant Vale, the world's biggest producer of iron-ore, made the headlines again on June 16 when it raised BRL19.43bn (US$12.17bn) in a share sale. Despite the size... 2008-07-17

Another big-name sell off comes from General Electric General Electric (GE), who just last week moved to spin off their giant Consumer & Industrial division. The company has now... 2008-07-16

The massive re-distribution of corporate assets in the wake of the global credit crunch continues this week, as two US giants announce major divestitures of operations abroad. Crisis-hit... 2008-07-15

The second largest chemicals company in the world, Michigan-based Dow Chemicals announced on July 10 that they will acquire Pittsburgh-based rival firm Rohm and Haas Co for US$15.3bn,... 2008-07-10

Just two months after the divestiture of its century-old appliance division, US conglomerate General Electric Co has announced that it will pursue its plan to spin off its entire... 2008-07-10

Indonesia's energy sector continues to attract high levels of investor interest, and this time it's the turn of Bayan Resources, a high-growth Indonesian coal producer that plans... 2008-07-09

Not a week goes by without corporate activity in the oil industry, as companies, buoyed by high oil prices, continue to invest in new technologies and snap up assets. This week it... 2008-07-08

On July 7 Belgium-based InBev made a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to facilitate the removal each member of the board of directors of Anheuser-Busch. This is... 2008-07-08