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When all the pieces of the global economy work together smoothly, all the players involved benefit. In this decade, a clear pattern emerged: China became factory to the world, the U.S. became buyer to the world, and India began to become back office to the world...
...sign of the frenzy is deal jumping. In the past, such a tactic was rare in the private-equity club. Historically, going-private transactions were bumped only when a strategic buyer jumped in, such as Whirlpool Corp. against Ripplewood in the Maytag contest, or Building Materials Corp. of America's attempt to bust up the Carlyle Group's buyout of ElkCorp. For PE investors deal jumping was considered a faux pas. "It has long been suspected that there is an unwritten gentleman's agreement among private-equity firms to refrain from jumping each other's deals," said Chris Young, director...
...though, there's certainly no shortage of buyer interest. Indonesian artists may not yet be selling in the hundreds of thousands of dollars-but that, say experts, is the point. "Now is the time to jump in," suggests Iskandar from Christie's. "Indonesian art is so cheap you can't lose on it." It's the kind of advice any collector loves to hear...
...bull-market mode. Economists expect as the country's consumer culture continues to develop, demand will continue to increase. China today accounts for 5% of global consumption, but investment bank Credit Suisse predicts that number will rise to 14% by 2015, making the country the world's second largest buyer of consumer goods behind the U.S. That potential will lure more and more foreign retailers and investors, Hand says. For example, CapitaLand, a Singapore-based real estate investment company, aims to add 100 Chinese malls to its portfolio, which would more than double its current assets, according to the company...
...million Estimated price of the Airbus A380 superjumbo purchased by an anonymous buyer at the Paris air show for use as a private...