http://news.alibaba.com/global-brands/feed/ The latest global brands news, articles and galleries from around the world. en-us Alibaba http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/trade/100174852-1-14-global-brands-open-shop.html 21 Sep 2009 06:07:10 GMT Fourteen new international retailers occupying a total floor space of nearly 17,000 sq ft have opened their doors in Dubai鈥檚 Festival Centre 鈥� the award-winning retail precinct of Dubai Festival City. http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100194184-1-china-built-auto-quality-approaching-global.html 3 Nov 2009 09:36:08 GMT Shanghai, November 3 (Gasgoo.com) The quality of Chinese-built vehicles is catching up to global brands, said a new report by J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm. Overall new-vehicle initial quality in China has improved by 14% this year from 2008. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/entrepreneur/100015857-1-making-millions%252C-2-bucks-time.html 30 Jun 2009 23:49:01 GMT The iPhone app has created a new kind of entrepreneur. In the world of iPhone app developers, Ethan Nicholas is the bootstrapper. http://news.alibaba.com/gallery/detail/world/100001758-1-10-top-brands-2008.html 7 Oct 2008 07:00:53 GMT 2008 BusinessWeek/Interbrand Best Global Brands ranking When ranking the value of the Best Global Brands, Interbrand evaluates brand value in the same way any other corporate asset is valued -- on the basis of how much it is likely to earn for the company in the future. Interbrand uses a combination of analysts鈥� projections, company financial documents, and its own qualitative and quantitative analysis to arrive at a net present value of those earnings. 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Major Chinese... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/cars/100169057-1-timeline%253Achina-car-makers-eye-global.html 9 Sep 2009 07:02:24 GMT Sept 9 - China's Geely Automotive said its parent wants to bid for Ford's Volvo Car Corp, becoming the latest Chinese firm to chase a foreign carmaker during a global industry overhaul. Major Chinese automakers,... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100180705-1-china-bolsters-global-luxury-car.html 8 Oct 2009 00:38:10 GMT Germany's top three luxury car makers saw sales growth in the Chinese market in contrast to shrinkage in other markets, Dow Jones Newswires reported on Tuesday. Sales of Volkswagen AG's Audi brand, BMW AG's flagship brand, and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz brand all grew more than 35% in China last month,... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100206337-1-cosco-corp-singapore-delivers-rig.html 25 Nov 2009 08:30:18 GMT Singapore-listed COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd said that its subsidiary, COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard, delivered a new oil rig to Norway-based Sevan Marine ASA on Monday, sources reported.COSCO Corp (Singapore) said in a filing with the Singapore Exchange that the new rig, under the name of Sevan Driller,... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100206334-1-li-ka-shing-raises-stakes-cheung.html 25 Nov 2009 08:30:18 GMT Hong Kong business tycoon Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd<0001>, has raised his stake in Cheung Kong to 40.67% from the previous 40.66%, according to a statement the property developer filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.Data from the bourse operator showed that Li on Nov.... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100206277-1-compal-electronics-raises-q4-pc.html 25 Nov 2009 07:47:25 GMT Compal Electronics Inc, the world's second-largest contract maker of laptops in terms of shipments, said its fourth-quarter PC shipments are expected to increase 20% from the third quarter of this year, sources reported.The figure is much higher than the growth forecast of 10% earlier, said CFO Gary Lu, adding that... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100206130-1-google-runs-afoul-copyright.html 25 Nov 2009 05:09:31 GMT The Internet company's unauthorized digitization of Chinese books angers authors and writers' organizations http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100206070-1-cathay-life-insurance-buys-commercial.html 25 Nov 2009 03:02:47 GMT Cathay Life Insurance Co, the life insurance arm of Taiwan-based Cathay Financial Holding Co, said that it has acquired a commercial building on the island for NT$2.99 billion, sources reported.The ten-year building is on Section 4 of Zhongxiao East Road, one of Taipei's prime districts, will be rented back to the... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205936-1-toyota-sees-china-%252710-sales.html 25 Nov 2009 01:02:01 GMT Toyota Motor said it expects its China sales growth to slow next year, after strong gains in 2009 fueled by government incentives aimed at boosting the national auto sector during the global downturn. Toyota's China sales should rise about 17 percent to 700,000 vehicles this year from 600,000 in ... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205856-1-%2527mr-china%2527-perkowski%2527s-auto-components.html 24 Nov 2009 21:02:01 GMT Asimco Technologies, a major foreign-invested automotive components maker founded by Wall Street veteran Jack Perkowski in Beijing 15 years ago, is up for sale in a deal that could fetch over $200 million, people involved in the potential deal said Tuesday. Asimco is currently the largest indepen... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205688-1-gm%253A-china-sales-growth-drop.html 24 Nov 2009 10:02:01 GMT General Motors Co. said its China sales growth will decrease dramatically next year as the incentives brought on by the government will expire by the end of the year. The automaker expects China sales to rise 15 percent in 2010 compared with a 50 percent increase in 2009, Kevin Wale, president of... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205651-1-stellar-megaunion-buy-rmb-5.85.html 24 Nov 2009 09:25:47 GMT Stellar Megaunion Corp<000892>, previously a communication service provider, yesterday announced that it plans to enter the property market by issuing shares in exchange for two property subsidiaries belonging to Guilherme Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd, sources reported.The new shares will be sold at RMB... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205465-1-link-orthopedics%2527-manufacturing-facility-starts.html 24 Nov 2009 07:09:22 GMT A manufacturing facility of Link Orthopedics (China) Ltd, a subsidiary of Germany-based artificial joint maker Waldemar Link, recently started production in the Beijing Economic-technological Development Area, or BDA.The plant, the first foreign-invested artificial joint manufacturer in China, covers a land area of... http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100205299-1-jpmorgan-appoints-linklaters-lawyer-china.html 24 Nov 2009 05:02:01 GMT JPMorgan Chase & Co., announced Monday it has hired Shao Zili, a managing partner at Linklaters' Asia, an international law firm, to be chairman and chief executive of its China operations. Shao, 50, succeeds Charles Li's position, which has been vacant since Li left as chairman of JPMorgan China...