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UK discount retailer Poundworld is on the brink of collapse with an administrator about to be appointed following the collapse of talks with a potential angel investor. As reported, the company has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator,…
Private equity firms Carlyle Group and TPG Capital have teamed up with two different Chinese state companies to bid for the McDonald’s China and Hong Kong franchise licences. The deal is said to be worth between US$2 billion and US$3 billion, reports the…
McDonald’s Corporation says it is struggling to attract the calibre of bidders it envisioned when it put its China and Hong Kong franchise up for tender. The restaurant group is offering a 20-year master franchisees for its markets in China, Hong Kong and…
Thanks to a health boom on the mainland, Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning has skipped out of the red to turn a modest profit after three years of losses. For its latest financial year, it had a net profit of Rmb14 million (US$2.2 million), reversing from a…
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