It is not clear how the Hutchison group will respond to strengthened interest in Global Crossing and its Asian subsidiary.

Both men were shareholders of two companies whose stock was acquired by an Asian subsidiary of Avon Products.

With this deal in place, Sun-Rype received land, equipment, and future working capital, while Lion Group took over ownership of the Asian subsidiary.

He took over Nabisco's other Asian subsidiaries.

Hawaii is excluded because Panasonic products sold there are distributed through an Asian subsidiary.

Hunter Douglas' Asian subsidiaries employed 1687 people in 2010 and achieved sales of USD 182 million.

The argument of such companies is that their profits - and often their best technologies - come increasingly from European and Asian subsidiaries.

That works in I.B.M.'s favor when translating results from its European and Asian subsidiaries.

Violating a decades-old taboo, Japanese vehicle companies are starting to sell in Japan vehicles made by their Asian subsidiaries.

Adding to the uncertainty over Global Crossing, its Asian subsidiary announced today that it would delay reporting its fourth-quarter earnings by a week.