International News

Bloomberg Hong Kong suffered a day of tempestuous weather, grim economic news and signs that the city’s political crisis is deepening. Gross domestic product contracted 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, while growth on a year-ago basis remained at 0.6 percent, according to data. Both results were well below the estimates of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Hong Kong’s trade-dependent economy ...

Bloomberg VG Siddhartha, the founder of India’s biggest coffee chain, has been confirmed dead days after he purportedly wrote a letter indicating he was anxious about pressure from banks, investors and the tax authorities. Siddhartha told his driver he was going for a walk, near a bridge close to the southern Indian city of Mangaluru. He was reported missing after ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc agreed to pay China $323 million in tax every year as part of a deal with local authorities to build an electric-vehicle (EV) factory on the outskirts of Shanghai. Under the terms of the lease with the Shanghai government, Tesla must start generating the annual tax revenues at the end of 2023 — or hand the land ...

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co reported a 23 percent rise in revenue to 401.3 billion yuan ($58 billion) in the first half as the Chinese telecommunications giant withstood US efforts to curb its business. The profit margin for period was 8.7 percent in the six months ended in June, the Shenzhen-based company said in a statement. Smartphone shipments for the half ...

Bloomberg A consortium that includes US cable giant Comcast Corp, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Blackstone Group Inc has made an offer for a stake in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, India’s largest private broadcaster, people familiar with the matter said. The group plans to snap up a 51 percent stake, which has a market value of about 190 billion rupees ...

Bloomberg BMW and Audi will skip this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, leaving Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz as the only major foreign luxury carmaker to showcase its models in Japan’s biggest auto industry event. Audi parent Volkswagen AG, Peugeot SA and Volvo Cars will also be absent this year, according to organiser Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). In the past, the companies were ...

Bloomberg The UK government has a message for British sheep farmers worried about the impact of a no-deal Brexit: Look East. “I would point to the market in Japan, that has just been opened to Welsh and British sheep,” Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns told BBC Radio. “That is a significant market for which we haven’t really scratched the surface yet.” ...

Bloomberg When Apple Inc launches a new iPhone, that usually means rising revenue. Chances are that won’t happen this year. Apple was expected to report fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday, but all eyes will be on its forecast for the fiscal fourth quarter. That’s when the Cupertino, California-based technology giant is expected to release new versions of its flagship handset. ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc said it’s cutting a third of its marketing department globally, as the CEO seeks to address concerns that the business is slowing down. The ride-hailing company will dismiss about 400 employees. Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO, told employees of the changes in an email. “Today, there’s a general sense that while we’ve grown fast, we’ve slowed down,” ...

Bloomberg More than half of the Trump administration’s trade war aid for farmers went to just a 1/10 of the recipients in the program, according to analysis of payments by an environmental organisation. Eighty-two farming operations received more than $500,000 in payments through April under the US Agriculture Department’s Market Facilitation Program, according to the Environmental Working Group, which analysed ...