Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Jan 25, 2016 (II)

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(2) Natasha Khan, A New Prescription for Asia's Top Drugmaker.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Takeda targets drug categories with global appeal
(b) Presently based in Osaka, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd 武田薬品工業株式会社 was founded in 1781 by Chōbei TAKEDA 武田 長兵衛. His successive offspring who are the helmsmen of the company are all named the same, distinguished by II, III, IV etc ((Japanese: 二代目長兵衛, 三代目, 四代目 etc, where the 目 is "ordinal number suffix," equivalent to "No" in English).
(c) Online, I can not find the print version.  But you do not miss much.


(3) Rachel Chang, Haier Has Higher Ambitions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... vade-american-homes

Quote:

"Last week’s $5.4 billion deal [by Haier] to buy General Electric Co’s appliance unit, [which is] second only to Whirlpool Corp in the US)

"Still, worldwide sales at Haier’s two listed units [at Shanghai and Hong Kong] reached $25.2 billion in 2014, triple that of GE’s appliances and lightings unit.

"the company became the first from China to build a manufacturing facility in the US in 2000. The company garnered accolades from the then-governor of South Carolina, where the factory was based, for helping counter the trend of off-shoring in American manufacturing jobs.

"Despite Haier’s efforts * * * American consumers remained largely unmoved. Haier’s US market share for consumer appliances has barely improved, from 0.7 percent in 2006 to 1.1 percent last year, according to Euromonitor.  Haier’s low US penetration after 15 years is a major factor behind Haier’s bold bid for GE Appliances, said Euromonitor’s [consumer appliances analyst Feng] Zhang.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Buying GE's appliance unit, it gains a prominent US brand
(b) quotation underneath the title in print: "Haier has always had this global dream, and this completes it"

In print, Zhang says this, a remark not found online.
(c) "Haier’s deal with GE comes amid a backdrop of intense consolidation in the global home appliances market * * * Recent deals include Whirlpool’s stakes acquisitions in Italy’s Indesit Co and China’s Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co 合肥荣事达三洋电器股份有限公司."