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Egypt’s GB Auto sees demand revival as dealers’ inventories fall

CAIRO / Reuters GB Auto, the Egyptian automotive assembler and manufacturer, expects demand for cars to pick up by the end of 2017 as dealers run down inventories, the company’s CEO said. Consumer demand in Egypt took a hit in November last year, when the central bank floated the pound currency to secure a three-year $12 billion International Monetary Fund ...

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Infosys offers to buy back $2bn of shares as CEO quits

Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. approved a 130 billion rupees ($2 billion) share repurchase to improve returns for stakeholders of the Indian software exporter a day after Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka quit amid heightened tensions between the board and founders led by ex-Chairman N R Narayana Murthy. Asia’s No.2 software services developer voted to buy back as many as 113 million ...

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HNA sets date for shareholder vote on $1bn CWT deal

Bloomberg HNA Group Co. has set a date for a long-awaited shareholder vote on its proposed $1 billion takeover of Singapore logistics operator (CWT) Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said, in a sign that the beleaguered Chinese conglomerate is moving ahead with the deal. The Hong Kong-listed unit pursuing the purchase, HNA Holding Group Co., has scheduled an ...

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