Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. intends to keep expanding capacity in China despite persistent disruption from some of the world’s harshest Covid control measures. The company known as Foxconn intends to raise capital spending in 2023 and the biggest portion of that expenditure will go toward its already giant production base in China, Chairman Young Liu told analysts. Foxconn, …

Bloomberg The US, Japan and other countries will offer a climate finance deal worth as much as $20 billion to help Indonesia shift its coal-dominated power grid away from the polluting fossil fuel. Details of an agreement will be announced during the Group of 20 meetings in Bali next week after talks between US President Joe Biden and Indonesian President …

  Bloomberg Hindalco Industries Ltd., the metals flagship company of billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s conglomerate, posted a sharp decline in quarterly profit as higher input and energy costs hurt its margins. The aluminum and copper producer’s board also approved a proposal to raise as much as 10 billion rupees ($124 million) through bonds, loans, debentures and other securities, it said …

  Bloomberg Europe reined in its natural-gas consumption last month as households kept the heating off amid warm weather, providing some relief to a tight market ahead of winter. Governments across the region have been pleading with consumers to reduce their gas use after a slump in Russian supplies raised specter of rationing once the weather gets cold. A mild …

  Bloomberg Commodities from oil to iron ore and copper jumped after China eased some Covid restrictions, raising hopes over a demand recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. Almost all major commodities traded higher following news that China reduced the amount of time that travellers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine, a significant amendment of the …

  Bloomberg Adani Green Energy Ltd. reported a 49% jump in its second-quarter profit on higher electricity generation, with the clean energy arm of billionaire Gautam Adani benefiting from India’s strong demand for power. Profit for the three months ended September climbed to 1.49 billion rupees from 1 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said in a stock exchange …

Bloomberg Bookings for flights into China doubled in the hour after the government announced an easing of restrictions for inbound travellers, including shorter quarantine, Ctrip.com said. Inbound reservations on the online travel agent’s platform were twice as high as the same hour, while international flight searches increased 200%, according to a statement on Friday. Among other measures, mandatory hotel quarantine …

Bloomberg Sriwijaya Air Flight 182’s engine control system malfunctioned minutes after takeoff, leading to a crash that killed all 62 people on board in January last year, the Indonesian investigators concluded. Pilots failed to control the Boeing Co. 737-500 when one of its automated engine throttle levers began losing power, causing the plane to roll onto its side and plummet …

  Bloomberg Next Plc has struck a deal with the insolvency administrators of Made.com Group Plc to buy the collapsed online furniture retailer for $3.9 million. Made.com confirmed it’s entered an insolvency process and has appointed PwC as administrator after struggling for survival for months amid falling demand and surging inflation. Next, which sells clothing and homewares, confirmed that it …

  Bloomberg Britain’s surging inflation is squeezing profit margins at Marks & Spencer Group Plc’s (M&S) food division as the premium supermarket chain absorbs some cost increases to maintain sales. The business, which has been the company’s growth driver in recent years, was faced with 11% inflation in its cost of goods in the first half, while its online joint …