Chinese companies bidding for GE appliances unit: sources
Hong Kong
MIDEA Group Co and Qingdao Haier Co are among suitors that submitted bids for General Electric Co's home-appliances business, after a sale to Electrolux AB fell apart last month, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The unit has attracted separate offers of more than US$3 billion from the Chinese companies, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Midea, China's biggest maker of air conditioners and rice cookers, is working with banks to arrange financing for a purchase, two of the people said. The Foshan-based company and Shandong-based Haier submitted offers last we…
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