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Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power selects JPMorgan, Citigroup for IPO

DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has selected JPMorgan, Citigroup to arrange the initial public offering of its shares, which could raise up to $1 billion, sources said. The two international banks have been selected as global coordinators and a third international bank is close to being chosen, one of the sources told Reuters. ACWA Power, a developer of ...

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Toyota planning to spend $2.8bn in software for self-driving cars

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. plans to spend $2.8 billion to make sure its system for writing the software for self-driving cars will be just as efficient as the factories that build them. The company needs faster and more reliable methods for writing software because self-driving cars require “millions and millions’’ of lines of computer code, according to James Kuffner, who’ll ...

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China turns fiscal screws, targets 6.5% growth

Bloomberg China stepped up its push to curb financial risk, cutting its budget deficit target for the first time since 2012 and setting a growth goal of around 6.5 percent that omitted 2017’s aim for a faster pace if possible. The deficit target—released as Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual report to the National People’s Congress in Beijing—was lowered to ...

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