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Canada imposes duties on steel imports in response to US levy

Bloomberg Canada is applying quotas and a 25 percent tariff on steel imports from China and other countries to avoid becoming a dumping ground for steel in the face of metal levies imposed by US President Donald Trump. Canada will erect new barriers to any flood of shipments of seven types of foreign steel, and will issue refunds and exemptions ...

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GE investors get reality check as critics warn of rough road ahead

Bloomberg A pair of General Electric Co.’s most prominent critics is reminding investors that solving all of the company’s problems won’t be as simple as appointing a new CEO. The downtrodden manufacturer is weighed down by a deteriorating finance business and doesn’t have enough assets or cash-flow to pay down its liabilities, according to Steve Tusa, a JPMorgan Chase & ...

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Fox bondholders push back on Disney offer

Bloomberg Walt Disney Co is looking at ways to accommodate a group of 21st Century Fox Inc bondholders that say they are being wronged by a bond exchange deal as the two companies prepare to combine, according to a person familiar with the matter. Disney has offered to pay holders of $18.1 billion of Fox debt a small fee in ...

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