Bloomberg China Telecommunications Corp. is studying an investment in the Philippines after President Rodrigo Duterte invited China to enter the Southeast Asian country and challenge local phone carriers PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. The Chinese government, which controls its phone carriers, picked China Telecom to be the one entering the Philippines, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said, citing information from ...

Bloomberg Donut King owner Retail Food Group Ltd. slumped by the most on record on Monday amid reports the company squeezed franchisees with high fees and offered limited management support. Shares in the company fell as much as 27 percent in Sydney trading, the steepest drop since listing in 2006, and wiping as much as $163 million off its market ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to keep pushing his legislative agenda in 2018 by releasing his long-promised infrastructure proposal in early January, a senior administration official said. Infrastructure advocates question whether a Republican-led Congress will be able to pass a spending plan with enough federal funding if it’s already approved a tax measure that official estimates say would bloat the ...