Midea Group Co Ltd

China stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as investors locked in profit following a recent rally, while the market showed scant reaction to news that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden was given the go-ahead to begin his White House transition.

* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 1%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 4.7%

熟知情况的消息人士表示，有意竞购荷兰综合集团飞利浦<PHG.AS>家电事业的企业中包括中国的九阳股份<002242.SZ>及格力电器<000651.SZ>，这项交易价值高达30亿欧元(36亿美元)。

Chinese firms Joyoung and Gree Electric are among those eyeing the domestic appliances business of Dutch conglomerate Philips' in a deal worth up to 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said.

中国证券时报周四报导，140家基金公司旗下基金2020年一季报悉数公布完毕，相较去年四季度整体盈利3,156.09亿元人民币，今年一季度则亏损288.75亿元，股票和混合基金成为亏损主要来源；表现较好的债券基金单季盈利达693.05亿元，成为一季度最赚钱基金品种。

* Economy minister plans mechanism for rapid state intervention

德国经济部长阿尔特迈尔(Peter Altmaier)希望组建一个新的政府机构，让该机构有权迅速决定是否收购国内关键企业的股权，以防止外资收购。

德国计划对有意购买机器人和人工智能等高科技行业企业股份的非欧洲投资者进行审查，外界普遍认为此举是针对有政府背景的中国投资者。

Germany plans to screen non-European investors that want to buy into firms in high-tech sectors such as robotics and artificial intelligence in a move widely seen as targeting Chinese state-backed investors.

尽管中美贸易争端波折不断，但随着中国政府进一步放开金融市场以帮助企业融资，第三季末外资在中国股市的持仓规模升至纪录高位。

美国苹果公司<AAPL.O>周一举行发布会，发布了一项流媒体电视服务、一张信用卡和一个线上游戏平台，试图重新塑造其作为娱乐和金融服务公司的形象。

中美贸易战即将结束的迹象以及中国国内货币宽松措施，鼓舞中国股市自今年年初以来上涨20%，抹掉了2018年的大部分跌幅。

German conservative Manfred Weber said on Monday that the 2016 purchase of German robotics maker Kuka by China's Midea showed that it was necessary to protect European firms.

德国周三同意出台新规，降低对非欧洲实体收购德国公司股权展开安全调查甚至阻止收购的门槛，此举是为了阻止中国投资者在战略领域进行不受欢迎的收购。

Germany agreed new rules on Wednesday to lower the threshold for screening and even blocking purchases of stakes in German firms by non-Europeans, in a move to fend off unwanted takeovers by Chinese investors in strategic areas.

德国政府一名官员周三表示，德国已降低对非欧洲实体收购德国公司股权展开安全调查的门槛，以保护关键的基础设施。此举旨在阻止中国投资者进行不受欢迎的收购。

Germany has lowered the threshold for launching security probes of stake purchases by non-European entities to protect critical infrastructure, a government official said on Wednesday, in a push to fend off unwanted takeovers by Chinese investors.

* German cabinet to lower threshold to launch security probes

Berlin plans to cut to 10 percent the threshold at which it can launch national security probes of stake purchases by non-European companies in German firms, business newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday.