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  Bloomberg I-Tail Corp Pcl, Thailand’s top pet food maker, ended lower in its trading debut after the country’s second-largest initial public offering this year. Shares of the Bangkok-based company closed at 31 baht, 3.1% below its IPO price of 32 baht, erasing gains of as much as 5.5% earlier. The unit of frozen and seafood products maker Thai Union ...

  Bloomberg The developer at the epicenter of China’s property debt crisis appears to be inching closer to unveiling a restructuring blueprint, after a long delay that has frustrated investors and highlights their struggle in a country still relatively new to defaults. China Evergrande Group planned to meet with an ad-hoc group of its dollar bondholders to formally discuss a ...

Bloomberg Mobile industry bellwether Murata Manufacturing Co expects Apple Inc to reduce iPhone 14 production plans further in the coming months because of weak demand, which would force the supplier to again cut its outlook for its handset-component business. “Judging by handset availability in stores, I see a downward revision happening,” Murata President Norio Nakajima said in an interview. “I ...

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc is offering further incentives to Chinese customers who buy and take delivery of new cars this month, in the latest move to boost sales in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market. Elon Musk’s EV pioneer will subsidise purchases by 6,000 yuan ($860) for Model 3 sedans and Model Y sports utility vehicles, which currently start at ...

  Bloomberg Indian households expect prices to cool in the coming days and the economy to improve, surveys from the central bank found. Inflation perceptions in November dropped by 40 basis points to 9.8%, according to a Reserve Bank of India survey of 6,066 urban households in 19 major cities. Three-month and one-year ahead expectations declined by 40 and 20 ...

Bloomberg VinFast, an electric carmaker backed by Vietnam’s richest man trying to take on Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc, has filed for an initial public offering in the US just as it prepares to deliver its first SUVs to California customers later this month. The unit of conglomerate Vingroup JSC, founded by Pham Nhat Vuong, is being advised by banks including ...

  Bloomberg China reported an increase in its gold reserves for the first time in more than three years, shedding some light on the identity of the mystery buyers in the bullion market. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) raised its holdings by 32 tons in November from the month before, according to data on its website. That brought its ...

  Bloomberg Indian online-education provider Byju’s is seeking to restructure its $1.2 billion loan as it struggles with steep losses and cost reduction targets, according to people familiar with the information. The nation’s most valuable startup, valued at $22 billion, has appointed an adviser to discuss tweaks in covenants of the term loan B with creditors, the people said, asking ...

  Bloomberg Before October, Qiang had about 30 workers in his garment factory in Guangzhou’s Haizhu, a district often dubbed the apparel manufacturing capital of China. After more than a month of Covid lockdowns, all of them have fled, bringing production to a halt. “Those who went home are watching to see when to come back,” said Qiang, declining to ...

  Bloomberg India’s trade ministry is discussing a reduction in import taxes on gold to rein in illegal shipments, according to people familiar with the matter. The world’s second-largest consumer of the precious metal, almost all of which is purchased from abroad, has asked the Finance Ministry to consider reducing the tariff to about 10% from 12.5%, two of the ...