laura pinto is from nsba and george goncalves from nomura.re is tlorrie where bottom of the cycle? >> people look at china and say it's only going to grow at 7.5% this year, i think europe or britain would be happy at that rate. we at nsbo think the trend for china going west and buying all things is only stoet continue, and that trend you could argue if you looked at every newspaper today there's a room on every sector in the world that the chinese group is looking to buy it and that trend we believe is going to continue pretty strongly. >> you had a high profile success rate with gia technologies? >> yes t is. >> this company was not a chinese state owned company, privately owned, yes, chinese company that came in, acquired a uk company and explain why this was so significant. >> thanks for that. i think the interesting thing about this and we believe this was the first of its kind is this was the first chinese non-government owned business that actually acquired a listed uk company, and the reason this is significant is that most of the, a

police in prince george's county say that's what one bad guy is doing. targeting women at gas stations. delia goncalvesve in capital heights with more on this rash of thefts. with some tips for us too. -- for us too. good morning. >> reporter: good morning jess. this is something we need to be reminded of. a woman's purse was stolen from this wawa on hampton park boulevard at 10:30 yesterday morning. and even though it's busy now as it was then, the criminals are still getting away. that's why police are hoping you can help catch them. the suspects' black mercedes suv was caught on surveillance tape wednesday at this gas station on sheriff road in land of. the suspects you can see -- landover. the suspects you can see stake out the gas station circling the pumps and then the passenger suddenly jumps out of the car reaching into an open vehicle window to steal a woman's purse while she stands just inches away. >> they're leaving their windows down. they're leaving their vehicles unsecured. and that's -- you know they're thinking oh i'm just pumping gas. nothing's going to happen. but in fact, that littl

george's county police. they say a group has been pulling up and stealing purses from womens' cars as they pump gas. 9news now reporter delia goncalvestal heights with more on this crime spree. delia? good morning. >> reporter: good morning jess. something we all have to think about especially you know i always think about this when i head to the gas station. locking my doors and rolling up my windows and those are some tips that police say you should do. especially when you know these people are out here looking for an opportunity. this -- we're on the 1400 block of hampton park boulevard. here in capital heights it's just one of four gas stations in prince george's county where police say women have been the targets of robbery. let's take a look another the video. police caught the suspects' black mercedes suv on surveillance camera around 6:00 in the evening on wednesday at a sheriff road gas station. the suspects circles the pump and when they spot an opportunity, the passenger jumps out and leaps into a woman's car, grabbing her purse. from the open car window. >> they're leaving their windows down. they're leaving their vehicle

their prince george's county apartment building. >> the flames broke out just before 8:00 last night in a three-story apartment building on rochelle avenue near silver hill road. delia goncalvesas more on the rescue efforts. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, jessica. it is going to be some time but it is slowly progressing here in this area. people are trying to get a handle as to what happened exactly last night. though it could have been a whole lot worse because we're told this fire went unnoticed for a long time before anyone escaped the house or firefighters even arrived on the scene. here we are more than nine hours after the fire first broke out and you can see crews are still here working to board up this building. 75 firefighters from throughout the county fought to get the blaze under control but crews tell us the building was fully engulfed when they arrived because the fire burned spoke some time before a police officer on patrol saw smoke. that officer immediately called 911. >> he got out of his cruiser and started knocking on doors, evacuating the building because people weren't aware. it looks like the fire started in an apartment on the gr

goncalves reporting live from outside the wilson building. >>> a dispute over a spare tire leads to murder. that's what prince george's county police say happened last night in brandy wine, maryland. two men started arguing over this spare tire at a home along cross road trail when investigators say one pulled out a gun and shot the second man. that man died and police have taken alleged shooter into custody. >>> james dunning was found dead in his home in south carolina. he is the former sheriff of alexandria, virginia. his wife nancy dunning was killed more than eight years ago. her death remains an open homicide investigation. authorities in south carolina james dunning -- say james dunning appears to have died in his sleep and his death is not suspicious. >>> workers at a capitol heights nail salon are accused in dealing in more than polish and acrylics. the place star nails on marlboro pike. they wrapped et up by arresting five nail technicians all charged with theft. police say the women were buying stolen merchandise and then selling it overseas things like shampoo and tide detergent. >>> well, somewhat of a li