Bloomberg Mozambique will court investors for $1.5 billion of financing for a giant natural-gas project run by Total SA. State oil company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos will kick off a funding roadshow in Johannesburg next week before moving on to London, said Chief Executive Officer Omar Mitha. The project — potentially transformative for Mozambique’s ailing economy — includes the development ...

Bloomberg Saudi Aramco raised December pricing for sales of its light oil grades to Asia to their highest levels since 2014, just a day after announcing it will sell shares for the first time. The state-owned oil producer increased monthly pricing for shipments of all crudes to the US. Aramco increased its official selling price for flagship Arab Light crude ...

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe struggled for traction alongside US index futures as a raft of corporate earnings and economic data presented a somewhat muddy outlook for global growth. Treasuries rose after dropping for three days. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index erased a modest gain after data showed the euro-area economy remained close to stagnation last month amid a broad downturn ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s stock exchange suffered its worst slide in profit in almost three years as the Asian financial hub is buffeted by social unrest and political tension between the US and China. Facing turmoil on multiple fronts, trading slid in the period and the number of stock listings this year is running at about half the pace of 2018. ...

Bloomberg India will be the world’s fastest-growing aviation market over the next two decades, according to Boeing, which expects the South Asian nation to need 2,380 planes in that period at a value of $330 billion. The US manufacturer’s forecast is slightly higher than the one it made in December 2018, when it said India would require 2,300 new aircraft ...

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd said travel demand to Hong Kong remains weak as months of protests and violent unrest have discouraged people from visiting the city. The airline cancelled some flights when there weren’t enough passengers or shifted the load to other services, Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong said at an earnings briefing in Singapore. “The impact is probably ...

Bloomberg Tapestry Inc posted earnings that topped analysts’ estimates even amid a sharp sales decline at its Kate Spade brand, which has struggled to rebound after a period of heavy discounting and flash sales. Excluding some items, profit of 40 cents a share topped projections of 36 cents. The Coach brand, which accounts for more than two-thirds of Tapestry revenue, ...

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle, the debt-ridden low-cost airline, is returning to capital markets in a bid to raise potentially more than $300 million. Norwegian is contemplating a private placement of as many as 27.25 million new shares, representing about 20% of its share capital. The company also wants to sell convertible bonds for as much as $175 million, it said. ...

Bloomberg Shake Shack Inc tumbled to what would be its lowest level since July after the burger chain’s third-quarter comparable sales trailed estimates and management reduced its sales target. “After seeing improved trends over the last two quarters, 3Q results — as well as 4Q commentary — were a sobering reminder of the volatility in results that often accompanies the ...

Bloomberg Marks & Spencer Group Plc’s efforts to turn around its troubled clothing business showed signs of life in the autumn, boosting the UK retailer after a weak first half of the year. The division’s full-price and planned promotional sales rose 2.7% in October, the company said on Wednesday. The shares gained as much as 7.9% in early London trading, ...