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The article reports on the higher sales of the automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) Co. in China compared with its sales in the U.S. in March 2010.

The article reports on the bidders for Times Ltd., a supermarket chain in China, which includes Wumart Stores Inc. of China and Lotte Shopping Co. of South Korea. Chairman Kenneth Fang and his family, which owns 72.3% of Times, has decided to sell the retailer in August 2009. It mentions that the market capitalization of the retailer is at 4.06 billion Hong Kong dollars. The value of the 72.3% stake is estimated at 2.94 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The article reports that South Korean steel maker Posco posted a 40 percent profit increase in the third quarter of 2008. Posco vice-president Park ki-Hong said that their bigger exports to India, China and the Middle East account for this. It is reported that Posco is making a bid for an ownership share in Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, making it lone bidder after its consortium partner GS Holdings pulled out of the plan.

The article reports on the performance of the world stock markets as of September 4, 2008. The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index dropped 1.6% to 285.58 amid more concerns about economic growth. The Hang Seng Index in Shanghai, China declined 2.2% to 20585.06, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index lost 3.3% to 11076.83. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 companies in Tokyo, Japan added 0.6% to 12689.59.

The article looks at the performance of world stock markets in June 2007. The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index rsse 1.6% or 6.07 points to 394.29 while the Nikkei Stock Average in Japan rose 0.6% rose 109.52 points to 17842.29. In Hong Kong, China, the Hang Seng Index climbed 1.4% or 288.51 points to 20867.26 and the index of the 35 most-traded shares in Mexico City, Mexico increased 0.7% or 230.03 points to 31224.09.