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Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab faces a tough task when he arrives in Tokyo: persuading Japanese companies — including those that invested in Britain as an entry point to the European Union — to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vision for the UK after Brexit. “Now we’ve left the EU we can take full advantage of the opportunities open to ...

Bloomberg The US is mulling a plan to withdraw from a global pact worth $1.7 trillion in government contracts, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that may anger close allies during a delicate moment for trade. Officials in President Donald Trump’s administration are circulating a draft executive order that would trigger a US exit from the ...

Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc warned of “hugely disruptive” costs and delays to European phone network upgrades of as long as five years if other countries follow the UK and cap the market share of Huawei Technologies Co. Britain’s government said last week it will limit the Chinese equipment vendor’s share of 5G wireless and fiber optic networks at 35% and ...

Bloomberg A Google faces one more probe in the European Union(EU) over concerns the company’s processing of user location data could violate the bloc’s tough privacy rules. Armed with the power to levy hefty fines, Ireland’s data protection commission also opened a separate investigation into Match Group Inc and the “ongoing processing of users’ personal data” on its popular dating ...

Bloomberg A top US partner at SoftBank Group Corp’s $100 billion technology fund is stepping down, after the company posted declining returns on its investments and struggled to raise capital for the next Vision Fund. Michael Ronen, the outgoing managing partner, expressed concerns about “issues” at SoftBank in an interview with the Financial Times, which earlier reported his departure. Since ...

Bloomberg Exports of castor oil from India to China may slow on concern the spread of coronavirus will impact port logistics in the world’s most populous country, according to India’s top shipper. “Some Chinese buyers of castor oil have told us to go slow on shipments as they anticipate ports may be affected because of the spread of coronavirus,” said ...

Bloomberg An estimated 5,000 Chinese tourists are stuck in Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali after Indonesia banned direct flights to and from mainland China to prevent the spread of coronavirus. As most of the visitors were traveling on short tourist visas and were caught unaware by the flight ban, Indonesia said it would grant extensions of one month. Chinese ...

Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, Apple Inc’s main production partner, cut its 2020 revenue growth outlook after assessing the potential impact of a deadly coronavirus outbreak. Hon Hai, which makes the vast majority of the world’s iPhones from the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, is now projecting a sales increase of 1% to 3% this year, Chairman Young Liu ...

Bloomberg Chinese researchers have applied for a local patent on an experimental Gilead Sciences Inc drug that they believe might fight the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology — based in the central Chinese city at the epicenter of the epidemic — has applied for a patent in China for the use of the antiviral drug, known as ...

Bloomberg Indonesia’s economy expanded at its weakest pace in four years in 2019, opening the door for additional interest-rate cuts as the nation braces for the impact of a spiraling coronavirus crisis. Gross domestic product rose 5.02% last year, broadly in line with the 5.04% forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists, according to data released Wednesday. Fourth-quarter growth of ...