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Bloomberg Many Xiaomi Corp investors, who could only watch as the stock shed $14 billion in market value, will now be able to join in on the selling. Expiring on Wednesday is the six-month lockup period that followed the company’s Hong Kong debut, during which some employees and cornerstone investors were banned from disposing of their allocated shares. It’s been ...

Bloomberg Malaysia is looking into allegations that China offered to help deter probes into 1MDB in exchange for infrastructure projects, after the Wall Street Journal reported that senior Chinese leaders offered to help bail out the troubled state fund in 2016. The government is unaware of the discussions detailed in the Journal report, which cited minutes from meetings the newspaper ...

Bloomberg California’s newly sworn-in Democratic governor has proposed using the state’s substantial buying power to drive down pharmaceutical costs, allowing government programs, health insurers and private businesses to join forces to negotiate against drugmakers. Under an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom as one of his first acts hours after being sworn in, drug benefits for the about 13 ...

Bloomberg A dramatic plunge in German industrial activity late last year raised the risk that Europe’s largest economy will slip into recession. Production fell for a third month in November and posted its worst year-on-year drop since the end of the financial crisis, with weakness in everything from consumer goods to energy. A slump in Germany has repercussions for the ...

Bloomberg Roku Inc shares had their best day in 14 months after saying the number of active accounts in the fourth quarter rose 40 percent from the year prior, giving media investors confidence that viewers are doubling down on streaming platforms. Viewers are doubling down on streaming as their preferred method for consuming television entertainment and Roku touted the preliminary ...

Bloomberg Qualcomm Inc, the largest maker of chips for smartphones, said it’s leading the charge to be the main supplier of technology for 5G phones coming this year and announced new products aimed at winning more orders in the automotive market. The company’s chips will be in 30 devices with 5G connections coming to the market later in 2019, Qualcomm ...

Bloomberg Sika AG offered to acquire Parex Ltd at an enterprise value of 2.5 billion Swiss francs ($2.6 billion), adding a maker of mortar and other construction materials to expand a key business for the Swiss chemicals group. The purchase will add to earnings per share from the first full year after the deal is completed, expected in the second ...

Bloomberg Daimler AG will start selling a heavy-duty truck in the US this year that’s able to brake, accelerate and steer at all speeds on its own. This will coincide with the planned launch of electric-car leader Tesla Inc’s Semi truck, which will stoke competition at a time when demand in North America is forecast to soften. Taking the next ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai said that Dubai is working towards cementing its position as a pivotal economic and commercial hub for the region in line with the fifty-year charter announced by His Highness that aims to ensure Dubai’s sustained prosperity ...

DUBAI / WAM Future Now, the innovation programme of Etisalat, signed agreements with four scale-ups to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain solutions following the successful Dubai Future Accelerators programme. The signing ceremony also marked the opening of the Future Now scale-up collaborative space for Etisalat Digital’s partners. As part of the fifth group of Dubai Future Accelerators, Etisalat Digital ...