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China’s import growth likely to face speed bump in 2018

Bloomberg The pace of China’s import growth is set to slow in 2018 after a boom this year. Inbound shipments will expand just 5 percent in 2018 after surging 14.9 percent this year, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. Slower infrastructure investment, tighter monetary policy, weaker commodity inflation and high base effects are likely growth drags. That’s unwelcome news ...

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ArcelorMittal, SAIL set to sign $929mn deal

Bloomberg State-run Steel Authority of India Ltd. has finalised terms for a 60 billion rupee ($929 million) plant with ArcelorMittal to cater to the automobile sector, a deal that’s been in the works for more than two years, according to a person familiar with the development. The agreement for the automotive grade steel plant is likely to be approved by ...

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ComfortDelGro to buy 51% in Uber Singapore

Bloomberg ComfortDelGro Corp., Singapore’s largest taxi company, struck a deal to buy 51 percent of Uber Technologies Inc.’s Singapore car rental unit for S$295 million ($218 million) in cash and form a joint venture with the ride-hailing giant. The deal for Uber’s Lion City Rentals will give ComfortDelGro control of a fleet of about 14,000 vehicles in the city-state, with ...

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