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Sony hopes SOS offering will be a saviour

The Sony Online Service is the electronic company’s attempt to make Sony televisions and devices stand apart from the competition by delivering movies, games and music to them

Lex: Rare earth elements

China has cornered the market in commodities that are arguably as important as oil to a modern economy

Lex: Japan, deflating

Buying stocks has proved an effective strategy everywhere except in the only developed market in negative territory in the year to date

Minsheng bid block was 'costly mistake'

US authorities blocked the Chinese bank Minsheng from acquiring an American lender in a decision that may have cost almost $300m of taxpayers' money and $1.4bn from an...

Block on Minsheng deal costs US $1.7bn

US authorities blocked Minsheng, the Chinese bank, from acquiring a Californian lender in a deal that could have saved almost $300m of taxpayers’ money and $1.4bn from an industry insurance fund, say people familiar with the matter.

China’s banks face overseas pitfalls

Torture case brought in the US reveals the perils that could threaten the overseas’ expansion dreams of China’s government-owned entities

Lex: Minsheng IPO

The initial public offering of China’s eighth largest lender by assets has witnessed the largest haul by any local debutant this year

Sony to create ‘evolving TVs’

The electronics group says it will create ‘evolving TVs’ and other devices that can download and run third-party applications as part of its strategy to stand out from competitors

S&P quits Australia’s retail investment

Standard & Poor’s is to quit Australia’s retail market following a decision last week by the nation’s regulator to strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies

UK and Australian Birds Eyes unscathed

Blackstone may be scooping up Birds Eye Foods in the US but there are separate businesses in the UK and Australia holding the same name that will remain unscathed

CIC buys 20% stake in solar operator

Mitsubishi Chemical bids $2.4bn for former division

Minsheng raises $3.9bn from Hong Kong IPO

Hands warns of zero growth if loans are not restructured

Fears of China property bubble

Lex: Mitsubishi UFJ

Lex: JAL

Delta woos JAL with $1bn aid package

‘Go global’, Japanese mobile makers told

Sony to bring PS3 video service to Europe

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