Bloomberg Fortis Healthcare Ltd. is seeking a cash injection of as much as 50 billion rupees ($790 million) as part of its billionaire founders’ talks to sell their stake in India’s second-largest private hospital chain, according to President Daljit Singh. Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh have been in talks with private equity firms for the past year to sell their ...
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India’s Hindalco bids for $2.5bn US firm Aleris
Bloomberg Hindalco Industries Ltd. is among potential buyers that submitted bids for US aluminum producer Aleris Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said, as Indian billionaire owner Kumar Mangalam Birla moves ahead with plans to expand his overseas operations. Mumbai-listed Hindalco made a non-binding offer through its US unit, Novelis Inc., and will now conduct due diligence, according to ...
Read More »Myanmar tourism stock rises 48% in S’pore debut
Bloomberg Thousands of tourists have floated in a hot-air balloon over Myanmar’s historic Bagan plains dotted with more than 2,200 ancient Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries. Chances are they rode one of Memories Group Ltd.’s inflatables. The company, the largest operator of balloons in the area, rose 48 percent above its placement price in its debut session on the Singapore ...
Read More »Takata recalls 3.3 million air bags under US order
Bloomberg Takata Corp., the parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy after sparking the largest auto recall in history, called back 3.3 million air bags as part of a US order that scheduled repairs of the potentially deadly devices over several years. The supplier identified at least 15 automakers that purchased the air bags, including Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., ...
Read More »US urges UK to cut EU rules after Brexit for trade
Bloomberg The US wants Britain to cut European Union regulations after Brexit to boost the chances of striking a free-trade deal between the two countries. If Prime Minister Theresa May ditches some EU rules on farming and food processing, “there is a much greater opportunity for trade between the UK and US,†according to Ted McKinney, undersecretary for trade at ...
Read More »Uber’s former CEO plans 29% stake sale
Bloomberg Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he’s never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29 percent of his stake in the ride-hailing company, people with knowledge of the matter said. Kalanick stands to reap about $1.4 billion from the transaction with SoftBank Group Corp. and ...
Read More »Macs, iPhones, iPads exposed to chip flaw: Apple
Bloomberg Apple Inc. said all Mac computers and iOS devices, like iPhones and iPads, are affected by chip security flaws, but the company stressed there are no known exploits impacting users. The Cupertino, California-based company said recent software updates for iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, Mac desktops and laptops, and the Apple TV set-top-box mitigate one of the vulnerabilities known as ...
Read More »Trump tax reform has states hungry for lower utility bills
Bloomberg It’s been less than a month since Congress approved a sweeping tax overhaul and states are already champing at the bit to get a piece of the action. Regulators from Montana to Kentucky have ordered utilities to act now to ensure ratepayers share in the windfall from the tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump that slashed ...
Read More »Trump warns democrats: No Mexican border wall, no DACA
Bloomberg President Donald Trump said Congress should enact a measure to provide legal status to young, undocumented immigrants, provided other proposals, including funding for a wall on the US border with Mexico, are also adopted — a compromise Democratic lawmakers have already rejected. “We want the wall,†Trump said at a press conference at Camp David in Maryland. “The wall ...
Read More »32 missing as Iran oil tanker collides with Chinese ship
BEIJING / Reuters A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, leaving its 32 crew members missing, the Chinese government said. Thick clouds of dark smoke could be seen billowing out of the Sanchi tanker, ...
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