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...brands, gambled that Beijing might actually tolerate its unprecedented takeover gambit. If it works, "a lot of investors will try to steal a similar march on rivals," says Joe Zhang, an analyst at UBS Securities in Hong Kong. "People have never tried this because they thought the government would block...
...wait for China to put too many of its state assets on the block. It still limits foreign participation in anything it considers sensitive. Foreigners may own only 50% of domestic auto plants, for example, and they aren't allowed to buy outright a Chinese insurer, bank or brokerage. In addition, most state enterprises structure their listings so that shareholders never exert real control. A plum company like PetroChina, for instance, is immune to shareholder meddling because only about 10% of its shares are listed overseas...
...nomadic schedule of a flourishing choreographer leaves Wheeldon little time in his apartment a block from Manhattan's Lincoln Center ("dangerously close to work") or in the house he recently bought overlooking the sea on Spain's Costa Brava. Next year alone, he has projects in Denver, Los Angeles, Melbourne, London and, of course, New York. But first he has another big premiere coming up on June 4, for Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Ballet, and it's a daunting one: a new version of Swan Lake. The production sounds like typical Wheeldon. The traditionalist in him is embracing the work...
...capitalized letters, graces the murals on Bow Street behind Tommy’s House of Pizza and Tommy’s Value. The pastel yellow background and the spontaneous strokes of paint that border the brick wall add a note of whimsy to the sweeping proclamation. The big block font looks like someone took a giant rubber stamp and, while passing by the industrial-sized trashcans one day, decided to label the walls behind them with a self-esteem booster...
...It’s better to have all your fans and supporters out there,” sophomore Eva Wang said. “Out on the court it’s not supposed to make a difference because you’re supposed to block everything else out. But it’s just a lot more...