International News

Bloomberg Hiroto Saikawa, the Nissan CEO who’s been thrust into global prominence since the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, is getting his first chance to explain the Japanese carmaker’s corporate-governance challenges to its alliance partners face-to-face. The chief executive officer is travelling to Amsterdam for a meeting starting from Tuesday of Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., according ...

Bloomberg Ola, India’s dominant ride-hailing startup, is investing $100 million in scooter startup Vogo as part of a deal that will let its users access the two-wheeled devices. The financing, which will be used by Vogo to add 100,000 scooters, is part of a fundraising round that also included Matrix Partners India and Stellaris Venture Partners. “This infusion will give ...

Bloomberg Indians are buying gold for as little as 1 cent as retailers offer online sales in bite-sized portions to prop up shrinking demand in the world’s second-biggest consumer. Demand for gold is falling, partly as a result of government measures, higher local prices and the metal’s fading appeal among more youthful customers. That’s forcing jewellers to adapt online purchases ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co is set to close out one of its worst years since the financial crisis, and 2019 may be another precarious one. The challenges are many and over the next few months, new Chief Executive Larry Culp will have to revamp GE’s power business, sort out liquidity problems arising from cash flow shortages and soaring financial liabilities, ...

Bloomberg Google will invest more than $1 billion to expand its New York City presence, the search giant said in a blog post. The Alphabet Inc division said it had reached lease agreements at 315 and 345 Hudson St. and signed a letter of intent at 550 Washington St. to make up the new 1.7 million-square-foot (158,000-square-meter) campus, to be ...

Bloomberg European Union negotiators reached agreement on tighter caps on carbon dioxide from cars in a bid to spur the development of clean vehicles. Representatives of EU governments and the European Parliament fixed a 37.5 percent CO2-reduction target for 2030 compared with the 2021 limit. The deal in Brussels marks a compromise after the 28-nation Parliament in early October demanded ...

Bloomberg Oracle Corp’s shares rose on a strong sales forecast, signaling the world’s second-largest software maker expects greater customer demand in its transition to cloud-based computing. Revenue will increase 2 percent to 4 percent in the current quarter, holding currency exchange rates constant, with higher growth through the second half of the fiscal year, Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz said ...

Bloomberg A UK startup that designs semiconductors used for artificial intelligence applications has raised $200 million from investors including BMW AG and Microsoft Corp. Graphcore Ltd is one of a number of companies trying to design a new class of chips that will be better at crunching the vast amount of data needed to make computers smarter. They argue that ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc won US national security approval for its takeover of Sprint Corp, one of the regulatory conditions needed before the two wireless carriers can combine. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, or Cfius, has approved the proposed transaction, the companies said in a joint statement December 17. The approval moves the No. 3 and No. ...

Bloomberg In the uproar over Carlos Ghosn’s alleged financial improprieties, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co. has received most of the heat. Now, the scrutiny has expanded to the role of the Japanese automaker and its chief executive officer: Hiroto Saikawa. Tokyo prosecutors on December 10 indicted Nissan, as well as Ghosn, for allegedly misleading investors and the government ...