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...Cheah built his business helping foreigners invest in Chinese companies. But now, he says, that script has been flipped: China wants help investing abroad. When Value Partners went public in November, Chinese insurance giant Ping An snapped up 38% of its offered shares, hoping to tap Value Partners' expertise. "The thing about China is it has taken them a long time to shift from what I call a starvation psychology," Cheah says. "They think they're a poor economy, so they should attract money from abroad. Now they're realizing they should be trying to export capital...
...ALL3MEDIA in 2006, the British TV production company has been performing well, says Rob Donaldson, head of private equity at consultants Baker Tilly in London. A bigger worry for EMI: the publicity generated by the shakeup pushes more artists to withhold their music. "It's difficult for artists to invest in a company going through such change," says one record industry exec. "Will the A&R man who believes in you be there next month...
...investment interest among South Korean companies is not restricted to Kaesong. With the persistent high global demand for basic commodities as a backdrop, a group of South Korean officials from mining and mining-equipment companies have recently been allowed several visits to Danchon, an area in the country's northeast that is known in the mining industry for its rich mineral deposits. Danchon reflects the somber reality - but also the potential - of doing business in North Korea. The transportation infrastructure in the region is dilapidated, the power supply unreliable. But some companies are willing to take the risk. Four years...
...Economic Promise, Political Risk Such animosity highlights the fragility of ongoing efforts to pacify the North by boosting its parlous economic condition. South Korea's giant conglomerates like Samsung are unlikely to invest significantly until the U.S. removes Pyongyang from its list of state sponsors of terror and also amends its Trading with the Enemy Act, which imposes sanctions on North Korean trade. And billions of dollars, not just from South Korea but also from the U.S., Japan and China, will be needed to bring North Korea into the global economy - assuming, that is, that Kim Jong Il wants...
...inside the airtight cells, anaerobic digestion by bacteria will generate gases that will be pumped to a biogas engine, then burned to produce steam to generate electricity. GE provided the engine at below-market cost, as part of the company's Ecomagination environmental initiatives. "This is something GE will invest heavily in," says Gatot Prawiro, GE's Indonesian country executive, who notes that the project will reduce carbon dioxide by the equivalent of 1,000 cars a year...