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Hong Kong’s IPO takeoff is running out of runway

Brace, brace. Hong Kong’s IPO takeoff is going to come to a screeching halt. There’s a flood of deals still in the pipeline, it’s true, from food delivery giant Meituan Dianping to biotech unicorn Innovent Biologics Inc. But investor fatigue is setting in, with many of the hot sales that helped to reignite the market in the past year trading ...

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The bond market is developing a cash problem

The US Treasury Department sold more 10-year notes than it ever had before to help finance a bulging budget deficit. Strategists generally deemed the $26 billion auction “solid.” And although that’s certainly true when comparing the results with recent auctions, it’s hard to ignore an inconvenient truth facing the bond market. Investors submitted bids for 2.55 times the amount offered, ...

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Jet Air faces heat from India’s budget flight boom

Bloomberg Jet Airways India Ltd. was once at the forefront of India’s rapidly growing market for air travel, but a challenge from budget carriers and surging fuel prices are backing the airline into a corner. Shares of the carrier, part-owned by Etihad Airways PJSC, plunged 8.5 percent in Mumbai after the company postponed announcing its first-quarter earnings. That’s less than ...

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