Li Ka-shing - Hutchinson Whampoa

Li Ka-Shing Says `Worst Is Yet to Come’ in Global Economy Slump

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August 21, 2008 8:16 pm

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, who predicted China’s stock market bubble would burst, says the “worst is yet to come” from the global credit crunch.The crisis is turning Li “very ... Read more »

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Li Ka-shing ups Facebook stake to $120 million

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March 28, 2008 10:41 am

- Social networking site Facebook has closed a second $60 million investment round with Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing through his foundation, a source familiar with the deal confirmed on ... Read more »

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Li Ka-shing named Hong Kong’s richest man

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January 17, 2008 7:56 pm

More than a decade after Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, the former British colony is still churning out billionaires _ defying critics who thought the communist takeover would quash ... Read more »

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CIBC moves to bolster its balance sheet

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January 16, 2008 1:31 pm

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s shares fell 2.9 per cent yesterday after the bank said it would raise about C$2.75bn (US$2.7bn) in stock sales to a group of investors to ... Read more »

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Li Ka-Shing Rushes Into China Where Bond Angels Fear

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January 9, 2008 5:01 pm

The bond market is telling Li Ka- shing, Asia’s richest man, he’s sitting on a Chinese property bubble that’s bigger than the one deflating in the U.S.Bonds of China’s Agile ... Read more »

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Li Ka-shing sells stakes in shipping companies

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December 11, 2007 11:46 pm

Billionaire Li Ka-shing is selling shares in two shipping companies to raise up to 3.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, IFR Asia, a unit of Thomson Financial, said. The tycoon ‘does ... Read more »

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BP in U-turn over Canada’s oil sands

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December 6, 2007 7:13 pm

BP has made a dramatic strategic U-turn, investing in production in Canada’s oil sands for the first time.It has agreed a joint venture with Husky Energy, the Canadian oil company ... Read more »

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Facebook gets $60M from Asia billionaire

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December 4, 2007 9:55 pm

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. has raised $60 million from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, adding to the list of financial heavyweights backing the online hangout’s rapid growth.Li, 79, will ... Read more »

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Facebook Gets $60 Million Additional Investment From Li Ka-Shing

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November 29, 2007 10:06 pm

Facebook has closed another big tranche of its planned funding round, this time from an unlikely source: Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, who has made an investment of $60 million, ... Read more »

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The Revolution of Chairman Li

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November 2, 2007 10:30 am

Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, is shaking up philanthropy in China. While multibillion-dollar donations by Western entrepreneurs such as Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mexico’s Carlos Slim are turning private ... Read more »

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The man who broke the mould

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October 28, 2007 3:12 pm

Li Ka-shing stands out from Hong Kong’s many billionaires. From humble beginnings in a plastics factory, he has built a truly international empire. By Tom Mitchell and Robin Kwong Asia’s ... Read more »

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Li Ka-shing jumps on bruised trust sector

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October 16, 2007 8:02 pm

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, is targeting further growth in Canada’s energy sector as a company he controls has snapped up Calgary-based TransAlta Power LP for $629-million ... Read more »

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Hong Kong billionaire denies Inter Milan bid

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September 23, 2007 7:32 am

  Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing denied a report from an Italian sports website that said he would make an offer to buy Inter Milan, a spokeswoman for the tycoon ... Read more »

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Hutchison Profit Jumps 53% on One-Time Wireless Gains

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August 23, 2007 4:57 am

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., billionaire Li Ka-shing’s largest company, said first-half profit rose 53 percent on gains from asset sales and narrower losses in high- speed wireless units in Europe and ... Read more »

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2 of Asia’s richest men sign up to Fosun IPO

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June 26, 2007 6:39 am

Fosun International is raising as much as 10.85 billion Hong Kong dollars, or $1.39 billion, in an initial public offering whose investors include the Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, people ... Read more »

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Billionaires are buying refineries

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June 25, 2007 2:30 am

 Li Ka-shing and Thomas Barrack have found a way to make more money from record gasoline prices than Marathon Oil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc.The billionaires are buying refineries ... Read more »

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Li, Asia’s Richest Man, Raises Stake in Cheung Kong

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June 5, 2007 1:34 am

Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest man, paid more than HK$805 million ($103 million) to raise his stake in developer Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. as the stock lags behind peers.It’s the second ... Read more »

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Profile of Li Ka-shing - the richest Asian

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May 17, 2007 3:20 am

  The Hong Kong newspapers call him chiu yan (Superman), but at first glance the only thing Li Ka-shing has in common with Clark Kent is a pair of horn-rimmed ... Read more »

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The richest Asian Li Ka-shing : China’s stocks must be a bubble

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3:14 am

China’s stock valuations are “too high” at 50 to 60 times earnings and prices are likely to decline, according to Li Ka-shing, the world’s ninth-richest man.“There must be a bubble,” ... Read more »

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