China's insurance regulator said on Monday it will permit insurers to outsource management of their investments to securities brokerages and fund management companies (FMCs) for the first time.
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Start-ups fight back as patent wars intensify
Start-ups fight back as patent wars intensify. The patent wars that have embroiled many of the world's technology giants in recent years are spreading to a new set of combatants: start-up companies and their venture-capital backers.
Bigger automakers should focus on flying cars: Tesla investor
An investor in Tesla Motors Inc thinks it may be time for big competitors of the electric car maker to admit defeat on their electric models and focus on the next technological leap, perhaps flying cars.
Planners craft strategies to avoid new U.S. healthcare taxes
Tax planners are developing ways to help well-to-do U.S. clients avoid the full impact of taxes set to take effect next year.
IRS warned, but did not act on tax strategy for private equity
U.S. tax authorities took no formal action after launching a probe five years ago of tax strategies used by private equity managers.
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Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector.
China was the main contributor to a 24 percent rise in new global investment in clean energy in the second quarter.
A sleepy fishing village just three decades ago, the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year hosted more IPOs than New York, Hong Kong and London combined.
Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday made a stunning forecast: battery-powered cars will likely match the internal combustion engine in popularity by the middle of the next decade.
Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China's fast growing dairy sector.
According to a report from Federal Reserve, total corporate cash stored at the end of last year declined nearly $500 billion.
Private equity investments in energy offer rich pickings for investors willing to take a long-term view and capitalize on global trends.
European citizens, concerned about the deepening euro zone crisis, are flocking to New York to buy real estate as safe assets.
Asia's share of global private equity investments has doubled to 21 percent in the past four years, helped by last year's strong growth and that figure should continue to rise, a top McKinsey & Co executive told Reuters.
