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Bloomberg Malaysia will extend its movement control order on Top Glove Corp’s worker dormitories in Klang by two weeks to December 14 because of rising coronavirus cases there, according to Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob at a media briefing. The movement control at at the company’s dormitories started on November 17 and was supposed to end on Monday, but there ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong introduced the city’s toughest public-gathering restrictions in months and decided to send civil servants back to work-from-home arrangements as the government steps up efforts to contain the latest wave of coronavirus infections in the Asian financial hub. Public gatherings will be limited to two people, including at restaurant tables and at sports venues, Chief Executive Carrie Lam ...

Bloomberg The splintering of the global tech supply chain that began during President Donald Trump’s watch looks set to persist under his successor. Apple Inc, the largest of the many tech giants that rely on Chinese factories to make their gadgets, will move some production of its iPads and MacBooks to Vietnam. Key assembly partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc is considering offloading its struggling retail network in the US, a market the British bank has called one of its biggest strategic challenges. The bank’s management is looking at a complete withdrawal from its retail operations in the country, although a full exit from other businesses in the US is unlikely, according to a person familiar ...

Bloomberg The UK will ban the installation of 5G equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co by the end of next September. The restriction is part of an “initial” 250 million-pound ($333 million) package of measures brought in to diversify Britain’s wireless supply chain announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The stricter rules may also help fend ...

Bloomberg Italy’s government has approved a fourth stimulus package to support businesses hit by the latest restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The package is worth 8 billion euros ($9.6 billion), according to a statement published on Monday. It delays tax deadlines for companies and expands cash handouts for workers in tourism and the arts, which have been ...

Bloomberg Online shoppers in the US are expected to drop a record-busting $12.7 billion on Cyber Monday — the busiest e-commerce day of the year — presenting a valuable opportunity for retailers whose websites, customer service departments and delivery operations can withstand the period of crushing traffic. Amazon.com Inc, Walmart Inc, Target Corp, Best Buy Co and others have been ...

Bloomberg Iraq hasn’t asked for an exemption from Opec+ limits on the country’s oil output for fear that an increase in production might cause crude prices to fall, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said, according to state-run newspaper Al-Sabah. The results of the Opec+ coalition’s output-cuts deal have been positive and stabilising for the oil market, given the impact the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has approved a grant of AED257 million ($70 million) provided by the UAE government to fund the development of more than 2,000 residential housing units that is part of the urban redevelopment of one Albania’s leading economic centres that sustained major damage from recent earthquakes. This grant supporting the Albanian ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA), the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA), and the Abu Dhabi School of Government (ADSG) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the Abu Dhabi government’s digital transformation agenda and move forward in the emirate’s digital literacy strategy through putting in place curated development programmes. Through the ...