International News

Bloomberg The British Chambers of Commerce lowered its forecast for the UK economy for the next two years, citing a weaker outlook for trade and investment on uncertainty over exiting the European Union. The UK business lobby expects growth of 1.1 percent this year, down from a previous forecast of 1.3 percent, and cut its 2019 outlook to 1.3 percent ...

Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will evaluate other potential buyers for its Magneti Marelli parts unit because the carmaker views a bid made by KKR & Co. as too low, people familiar with the matter said. KKR offered less than the $7 billion minimum valuation sought by Fiat, which ended the exclusivity of the talks, said the people, who asked ...

Bloomberg Fixing production at Tesla Inc. is one thing. Now Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is struggling to get cars to customers. “We’ve gone from production hell to delivery logistics hell,” Musk said in a Tweet. Musk said resolving that problem would be easier than addressing assembly-line issues. Musk narrowed the paint options on new electric vehicles, his latest effort ...

Bloomberg Americans are divided over whether US college endowments should have to pay a new federal tax, according to a national survey on higher education. Fifty percent of respondents sided with the wealthy private schools while 43 percent agreed the tax should be levied, and 7 percent were unsure, according to data published on Monday by Boston public media producer ...

Bloomberg With a suite of new devices and a market value of $1 trillion, Apple Inc. has given its investors cause to celebrate. That’s not the case for a number of its suppliers in Taiwan which have suffered from stagnating shipment growth. General Interface Solution Holding Ltd. is the worst performer in the MSCI Taiwan Index over the past year, ...

Bloomberg Go-Jek, Indonesia’s most valuable technology startup, is in talks to raise at least $2 billion to fuel an accelerated expansion overseas, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The Jakarta-based company plans to close the funding round in several weeks, the person said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The startup’s existing ...

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd. are joining the throng of financial firms seeking to service the huge number of Chinese investors looking to diversify outside of the mainland. GaoTeng Global Asset Management Ltd., the duo’s one-year-old venture in Hong Kong, plans to start accepting money shortly from retail Chinese investors who have existing assets internationally, according ...

Bloomberg Link Motion Inc., a Beijing-based connected-car firm, said CEO Zemin Xu and two other top executives are resigning. Jia Lian has been appointed acting CEO to restructure management as part of new agreements with Zhongzhi Hi-Tech Overseas Investment Ltd., Link Motion said in a statement late Friday. Chief Financial Officer Roland Wu and General Counsel Justin Chen, who also ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong tycoon Victor Li’s CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., which owns energy and water utilities globally, is considering listing some UK assets through a London initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. CK Infrastructure (CKI) is speaking with investment banks about the listing of certain UK holdings through a potential multibillion-dollar fund, said the people, ...

Bloomberg A Duke Energy Corp. landfill near Wilmington, North Carolina, failed under the assault of Tropical Storm Florence, spilling about 2,000 cubic yards of coal ash that can carry toxic mercury, arsenic and lead. Authorities said they would investigate whether the pollutant had reached the Cape Fear River, but said it was not yet safe to inspect the site. As ...