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The Treasury Department has said that the GM IPO would be open to investors from both inside and outside the U.S. One of the largest car companies in China, SAIC, may want in.

Like many other institutional investors, China's sovereign fund pushed much of its asset base into cash during the market downturn. That hurt the hedge funds where much of that money had been placed and industries that the Chinese had begun to invest in around the world. China is beginning to...

The clash between Chinese companies and the governments in countries where China is shopping for assets has heated up recently -- and it is likely to get much worse. The U.S. effectively blocked a takeover of 3Com by Bain Capital and Huawei Technologies. Some of 3Com's assets were deemed...

China is detaining four employees of metals giant Rio Tinto (RTP). The nation claims that the employees spied on secret information about China's steel industry. Rio Tinto sells iron and other key mined commodities to the mainland. The odd part of the detentions is that China has not provided...