International News

Bloomberg Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers said they’re surprised to hear that the board of Renault SA started proceedings against their client based on an audit report. Ghosn hasn’t had a chance to respond to any of the questions raised by this report, Jean-Yves Le Borgne and Francois Zimeray, the lawyers for the former boss of Renault, said in a statement. “Shockingly, ...

Bloomberg Consumer confidence in India dropped in May, as people fretted about jobs and slowing growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. The current situation index fell to 97.3 from 104.6 in March, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s consumer confidence survey, where 100 is the dividing line between pessimism and optimism. The future expectations gauge fell to 128.4 in May ...

Bloomberg South Korea said its economic growth faces prolonged downside risks as uncertainty surrounding external conditions grow more than expected. Yoon Jong-won, the presidential secretary for economic affairs, said the downward period is becoming more prolonged, reversing comments he made in May that growth was expected to improve “significantly” in the second quarter. Yoon said the uncertainties worsened more than ...

Bloomberg President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the arrest of those involved in a dialysis treatment scam that defrauded Philippine Health Insurance Corp, and plans a revamp of the state-run insurer for losing more than $2.89 billion from fictitious claims and abuse. “I will really go after this” and “I am ordering the National Bureau of Investigation” to take over, invite ...

Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP plans to pool 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) of its smaller European warehouse investments in a new company that will ultimately be publicly listed or sold. The private-equity giant is in the process of hiring an executive to run the company, which will manage its holdings of logistics properties close to towns and cities, according to ...

Bloomberg UK manufacturing slumped in April as the boost from Brexit stockpiling evaporated and car factories halted work, boding ill for the economy in the second quarter, figures on Monday are expected to show. Production fell by 1.4 percent from March, the biggest decline since the start of 2017, according to a Bloomberg survey. With little support from construction and ...

Bloomberg The power generators that supply bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp. were dealt a major blow as a judge ruled that federal regulators can’t keep their supply contracts from getting killed. Power giants including NextEra Energy Inc. and Exelon Corp. had enlisted the help of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in ensuring that their long-term contracts with PG&E survive the ...

Bloomberg US consumer debt increased by the most in five months in April and topped estimates, suggesting more upbeat sentiment among Americans is supporting borrowing and spending. Total credit expanded $17.5 billion from the prior month following an upwardly revised $11 billion gain in March, Federal Reserve figures showed. Revolving debt outstanding increased the most since November while non-revolving credit ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is planning to close a UK engine factory as the last major step in an overhaul of its unprofitable European operations. The Bridgend, South Wales plant, which employs about 1,700 workers, builds engines for several Ford models in Europe, including the Fiesta and B-Max. Its future became uncertain 18 months ago when Jaguar Land Rover said ...

Bloomberg Excluding China’s Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp from the next generation of mobile networks would lumber European phone companies with 55 billion euros ($62 billion) in extra costs, the wireless industry’s main lobby group said. A global ban advocated by US President Donald Trump would also delay the rollout of the high-speed 5G networks by at least 18 ...