Konka Group Co, China's second-largest television maker, denied reports that the company would be taken over by local rival TCL Group.
"There's no such thing," Konka said in a statement.
Konka last month said it expects to post a loss for 2001, its first in eight years, because sales slumped and price cuts squeezed profit margins.
Konka had a first-half loss of 191 million yuan (US$23 million), erasing most of its 230 million yuan (US$27.6 million) profit for the whole of 2000. It will report full-year results on March 23.
The company's television sales improved in the first two months of the year, said company vice-president Hou Songrong, without elaborating.
(China Daily February 27, 2002)
