China Construction Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui are among those considering buying Rabobank's Indonesian subsidiary.
Known as CICC, it is a joint venture between state-owned China Construction Bank and the New York investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China all revealed their exposure to the US subprime market recently but added that the damage would be limited.
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No outsider knows the percentages of non-performing loans at the big four banks of China, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
Singapore has stakes in banks like Standard Chartered, Barclays, even Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
Among the companies attempting to lure foreign investors are phone company China Netcom, China Construction Bank, Air China, China Power and carmaker Dongfeng Motor.
China Construction Bank jumped 2.6% in Hong Kong and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ended up 2.7%.
In Hong Kong, Industrial and Commercial Bank and China Construction Bank (HK: 0939) both opened 1.7% lower.
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China Construction Bank ranked at Number 1 and 2 for the first time.
The arrangement between Bear and China Construction Bank would eliminate the need for a capital outlay on Bear's part, thus no problems with repatriating earnings in the future.
Yet although they remain tiny compared with Chinese giants like ICBC and China Construction Bank, there is often more than a whiff of Beijing about the Indian state lenders.
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An estimated 28 percent of wealthy real estate investors faced substantial, double digit losses in the housing market last year, according to the latest annual Chinese wealth report from the Boston Consulting Group and China Construction Bank Corp.
Examples include China Construction Bank, a huge backer of infrastructure projects, and China Mobile, a big mobile-phone carrier.
She also likes China Construction Bank, traded in Hong Kong, and China Unicom (CHU) because it is the only wireless provider serving Apple products.
All this is going on as Lewis strikes deals to buy credit card company MBNA (nyse: KRB - news - people ) and a stake in China Construction Bank.
Abandoned by the former Harrah's Entertainment Inc. in 2008, Baha Mar last year found a new financial backer in the Export-Import Bank of China and a builder in China State Construction Engineering Corp.
Today, China Construction Bank Corporation reported a 31 percent increase in profits on higher loan demand and higher interest rates.
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China Construction Bank shares ( HKG: 0939) are up 1.29 percent year to date and up slightly over 8 percent in the last quarter, beating the bank and real estate heavy FTSE China index.
It would also be a great way to gain access to China Construction Bank's list of commercial banking customers, to which Bear could sell an array of banking, custody and other services, including underwriting stock offerings.
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