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Alibaba, Tencent join big names betting on Hon Hai arm’s IPO

Bloomberg China’s largest initial public offering (IPO) since 2015 has gotten the attention of the country’s top internet companies. Affiliates of Baidu Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., known collectively as BAT, are becoming strategic investors in Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. The companies are buying 21.8 million shares each in FII’s listing at 13.77 yuan apiece, the firm ...

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Airtel chairman to invest $1bn in son-in-law’s hotel business

Bloomberg The billionaire who controls India’s biggest telecom operator is looking to pump more than $1 billion into a hotel chain founded by his son-in-law in London, people with knowledge of the matter said. The money from Bharti Airtel Ltd chairman Sunil Mittal would fund acquisitions by Sharan Pasricha’s Ennismore, a developer that owns the Gleneagles resort and Hoxton hotel ...

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EU seeks last-minute tariff reprieve to avoid trade crisis

Bloomberg The European Union is seeking a last-minute deal with the US to avoid inflaming global trade tensions as President Donald Trump prepares to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports at the end of the month. “We’re at the beginning of a decisive week,” German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told reporters in Brussels on Monday. “We have to try ...

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