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Bloomberg Citigroup Inc was suspended from the primary group of dealers that participate at certain Japanese government bond auctions after it was found to have manipulated futures prices. The Ministry of Finance ordered Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc’s exclusion from participating in “non-price competitive auctions” and certain other government bond sales for a month from June 13, it said. The ...

Bloomberg China’s car sales declined for the 12th consecutive month, a historic slump that’s left manufacturers reeling as trade tensions and economic worries weigh on consumer sentiment. Retail sales of sedans, sport utility vehicles, minivans and multipurpose vehicles fell 12.5 percent to 1.61 million units in May, the China Passenger Car Association said. The unprecedented slide has hit local brands ...

Bloomberg India’s statistics may have been painting a far rosier picture of economic growth than the more modest reality of the past decade. The nation has held the crown of the world’s fastest-growing major economy until recently, but a new study by former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says the expansion was overestimated between 2011 and 2017. Rather than growing ...

Bloomberg Salesforce.com Inc., which makes America’s dominant sales-tracking software, agreed to buy Tableau Software Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion that it said will help give customers more ways to analyse data. The acquisition of software maker will move Salesforce.com further away from its central business, marking a new era for the top seller of software for ...

Bloomberg Slack Technologies Inc. expects growing revenue and higher-than-usual losses in the second quarter, the period in which it’s expected to go public via a direct listing, the company said. Slack, which makes workplace chat and collaboration software, told investors it predicts it will lose $75 million to $77 million next quarter, including about $32 million in one-time expenses related ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. rival Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, has relaunched in London — nearly two years after its operating license was revoked by the city’s transit authority. The Estonian company, backed by Daimler AG and most recently valued at $1 billion, said it would compete in the UK capital by offering lower fares for riders, and by taking ...

Bloomberg The recent yield curve inversion has renewed speculation about a potential North American recession and prompted questions about how a contraction would affect households. Though it’s impossible to say for certain when, or even if, such an event will occur, several indicators suggest the pain would be more severe on the Canadian side of the border than in the ...

Bloomberg Oil held near $54 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said it would work with Russia and other members of the Opec+ coalition to prevent a slump in prices. Futures were little changed in New York, after rising 2.7 percent. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said oil producers would take “preventive steps” to stop prices from diving, after meeting with ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) is set to acquire Noor Bank, enhancing Dubai’s position as the capital of Islamic economy and creating the region’s most powerful Shari’a banking group. The DIB’s board meeting recommended its shareholders consider the takeover of 100 percent shares of Noor Bank, after obtaining all necessary approvals from the competent regulatory authorities and taking ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China again if President Xi Jinping doesn’t meet with him at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Japan. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC on Monday whether tariffs on about $300 billion in Chinese goods would be enacted immediately if there’s no meeting at the summit later ...