Fosun Group, backed by billionaire Guo Guangchang, has explored options for its stake in Hollywood production house Studio 8 Inc. including a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The insurance-to-pharmaceutical conglomerate has approached investors to discuss possibly disposing its
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The leader of Japan's main opposition party said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is treating the nation's 70-year-old pacifist constitution as a “toy” in an effort to define his own political legacy. “He wants to change it in whatever way he can so that he can go down in history,” Yukio Edano, head of the
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Nippon Paint Holdings Co. is shopping for large acquisitions, including in Europe, to expand outside Japan amid a global consolidation among the biggest coatings makers. “While our expansion is centered on China and other Asian countries in line with our mid-term plan, we also aim to expand
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Part of it is due to improved accounting and transparency, as well as more attractive valuations in the U.S. But there's another key difference, says Dan McClory of Boustead Securities, which underwrote three of the Chinese IPOs this year. “So now the resurgence is related to Chinese companies coming
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Investors sentiment decreased to 0.76 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.15, from 0.91 in 2017Q2. It dropped, as 33 investors sold PulteGroup, Inc. shares while 187 reduced holdings.
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