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YPF shuts gas wells as Argentine economy flops

Bloomberg YPF SA, Argentina’s state-run energy producer, is closing the tap on some of its natural gas wells as the nation’s second recession in three years curbs demand, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The company had been investing heavily in shale gas as the government subsidized production to reverse a costly energy trade deficit. But the ...

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Malaysia’s Axiata risks losing hold of overseas units to rivals

Bloomberg Axiata Group Bhd.’s dream of building a carrier that spans southern Asia from Singapore to Pakistan, Indonesia and India is fading as it risks losing hold of overseas units to rivals. Malaysia’s biggest wireless carrier received an offer from Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. and Keppel Corp. to buy out its stake in M1 Ltd., the latest in a series ...

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Jack Ma says trade war to hurt everyone, destroy commerce

Bloomberg Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and China’s richest man, gave a dire warning that the escalating trade war with the US is going to be severe and long-lived. “It’s going to destroy not only China-US trade, it will destroy a lot of small businesses,” Ma said during a speech at the World Trade Organization on ...

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