people familiar with the matter

According to people familiar with the matter, Norsk Hydro on Friday contacted the Zhaoqing municipal government, the southern Chinese city where Asia Aluminum is based, to declare its strong interest in bidding for the company.

据知情人士称，海德鲁上周五与亚洲铝业所在的肇庆市政府进行了沟通，表达了对收购该公司的强烈兴趣。

Regulators at the Federal Housing Finance Agency are seeking a penalty of more than$ 6bn from BofA, compared with the$ 4bn to be paid by JPMorgan, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士透露，美国联邦住房金融局正争取要求美银支付逾60亿美元罚金，多于摩根大通预定将向该局支付的40亿美元罚金。

A nearby condominium, four months behind on loan payments and homeowners'dues, was also threatened with foreclosure, according to people familiar with the matter.

此外，据知情人士透露，杰克逊在附近拥有的一栋高级公寓也有四个月的房贷月供和物业费没交，同样面临止赎危险。

While Danone is considering the sale of the whole water business, Suntory might be the more interested to buy water assets in Asia only, two people familiar with the matter said.

当法国达能公司在考虑整体出售瓶装水业务的时候，三得利公司可能对于购买亚洲的瓶装水业务相产资产更有兴趣。

According to people familiar with the matter, there will be a sharp cut in jobs in Hong Kong and the rest of the region under the restructuring, aimed at slashing costs and consolidating overlapping operations.

据知情人士透露，重组将涉及在香港及亚洲其它地方大幅减员，以削减开支，整合重叠运作。

Until recently, rust belt cities such as Harbin and Shenyang, that have been particularly affected by China's slowdown, each had two or three LV stores and it is places such as these where the French brand is planning to close outlets, according to people familiar with the matter.

直到不久以前，位于“铁锈地带”的哈尔滨与沈阳各有两到三家路易威登门店，这些城市尤其受到中国经济放缓的影响，据知情人士透露，这家法国品牌正计划关闭这些城市的店铺。

People familiar with the matter said that an official announcement could come as early as today.

知情人士说，正式公告最早可能在今天发布。

The exact value of an RJR bid is not known, but any offer could value the company at more than$ 20bn, people familiar with the matter said.

知情人士表示，RJ雷诺的确切出价尚不清楚，但Lorillard至少值200亿美元。

Alibaba and its payments affiliate Ant Financial already own 40 per cent of Ele.me but are looking to buy the remaining 60 per cent from existing investors including Baidu, according to people familiar with the matter.

据知情人士透露，阿里巴巴及其支付关联公司蚂蚁金服已经拥有饿了么40%股份，但正在寻求从百度等现有投资者手中买下其余的60%股份。

People familiar with the matter said New York Life Insurance and Macquarie Group had been among those interested.

知情人士称，纽约人寿（new york life insurance）和麦格理集团（macquarie group）曾在感兴趣的潜在买家之列。

People familiar with the matter said Norsk was not prepared to fight an uphill political battle, given hostile noises towards its foreign investment and Chinese wishes that the restructuring process should not be delayed.

据知情人士透露，鉴于中国有人对外来投资发表敌意的议论，而且中方希望重组过程事不宜迟，海德鲁不打算打一场艰巨的政治战。

Once-distressed bonds in Michael's Stores, an arts and crafts retailer bought by leveraged buy-out groups Bain Capital and Blackstone, are now selling at a price above par, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士称，被杠杆收购集团贝恩资本（Bain Capital）和百仕通（Blackstone）买下的艺术品及工艺品零售商Michael's Stores，其债券一度沦为不良债务，但现在交易价格已高于面值。

The request from the powerful national development and Reform Commission has received a mixed reception at the US bank, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士表示，强大的中国国家发改委（ndrc）的这一要求，在摩根大通引起了各种不同的反应。

But Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase& Co. also owned AIG shares during the run-up, according to people familiar with the matter.

但知情人士说，高盛集团（Goldman Sachs Group Inc.）和摩根大通（J.P.Morgan Chase&Co.）在上涨阶段也持有AIG股票。

India will be the only large economy to sign up to the Chinese initiative at the ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter.

据知情人士透露，在北京人民大会堂举行的仪式上，印度将是加入该行的唯一大型经济体。

Google is hoping the new storage service will help tie together some of its other services through a single search box, says one of the people familiar with the matter.

知情人士称，谷歌希望能通过一个小小的搜索框将新的存储服务同其他服务结合起来。

People familiar with the matter do not expect the deal with HSBC to be affected by the ABN AMRO China investigation.

知情人士不认为与汇丰的交易会受到荷银中国调查事件的影响。

Google Inc is in discussions with NetEase Inc, China's second-largest online games provider, to bring its Google Play mobile app store to the Chinese mainland, according to The Information, a US news portal, which cited people familiar with the matter.

美国新闻门户网站The Information近日援引知情人士消息称，谷歌公司正与中国第二大在线游戏提供商网易公司磋商，欲将谷歌旗下的移动应用商店谷歌Play引入中国大陆。

People familiar with the matter said ping an already faced an uphill task to convince Chinese regulators of the merits of deepening its ties with Fortis because it had suffered a massive paper loss on its previous investment in the financial services group.

知情人士称，平安要说服中国监管机构认可其与富通加深合作，已是一个艰难的任务，因为平安此前对富通这家金融服务集团的投资该出现了巨额的帐面亏损。

Rupert Murdoch will continue to be executive chairman and remain the leading figure at the company, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士称，老默多克将继续担任执行董事长，仍将是公司的掌门人。

The company has hired Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse to manage the New York listing, according to two people familiar with the matter.

据两位知情人士表示，新浪已聘请高盛（Goldman Sachs）和瑞信（Credit Suisse）安排微博在纽约上市事宜。

Baidu Inc's iQiyi is targeting a US initial public offering as soon as in 2018 that could value China's most popular streaming video service at more than$ 8 billion, two people familiar with the matter say.

据两位知情人士透露，百度旗下视频网站爱奇艺计划最早于2018年在美国首次公开募股（IPO），这可能会使这个目前中国最受欢迎的流媒体视频服务网站届时估值超过80亿美元。

Executives at JVC, the ailing Japanese consumer electronics group, are attempting to block Texas Pacific Group from taking a controlling stake in the company, according to people familiar with the matter.

据知情人士透露，境况不佳的日本消费电器集团jvc的高管，正试图阻止得克萨斯太平洋集团（texas pacific group）收购该公司的控股股份。

The Financial Times quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the deal cost around 400 million euros ($ 449.6 million), but Vivo denied the figure to China Daily.

《金融时报》引用业内人士的说法称，vivo这次的赞助费约为4亿欧元（4.466亿美元），但vivo随后向《中国日报》否认了该数字。

US private equity firm KKR plans to sell SMCP to China's Shandong Ruyi in a deal that values the French fashion group at 1.3bn including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士称，美国私人股本公司KKR计划将SMCP出售给中国的山东如意，这笔交易对上述法国时尚集团估值13亿欧元（包括债务）。

People familiar with the matter said that Prudential of the UK, Manulife Financial of Canada and Temasek of Singapore were the only groups to indicate firm interest in making a bid.

知情人士表示，英国的保诚保险（prudential）、加拿大的宏利金融（manulife financial）和新加坡的淡马锡（temasek）是唯一表示了坚定投标意向的集团。

Simon has been talking to SWFs such as the Qatar Investment Authority about contributing to its bid, people familiar with the matter said.

知情人士称，西蒙一直在与卡塔尔投资局（Qatar Investment Authority）等主权财富基金讨论帮助其竞购的事宜。

The Silicon Valley company is developing a new product designed to allow users to chat with colleagues, connect with professional contacts and collaborate over documents, competing with Google Drive and Microsoft Office, according to people familiar with the matter.

知情人士称，这家硅谷公司正在开发一项新产品，其设计目的是让用户可以与同事聊天、与业内人脉沟通，以及协同完成文件，从而与Google Drive和微软办公软件Microsoft Office展开竞争。

Two of China's largest online companies have agreed to combine in what will be the country's largest private market merger, with a potential valuation of as much as$ 20bn according to people familiar with the matter.

中国两大互联网公司美团网（Meituan）和大众点评网（Dianping）同意合并。这宗合并将成为中国规模最大的非公开上市企业合并交易——知情人士称，潜在估值最高可达200亿美元。

That same day Merrill Lynch referred the unusual trade to the SEC, according to people familiar with the matter.

另据知情人士说，就在那一天美林公司向SEC举报了这一非正常交易。