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Slowing inflation restrains India’s robust growth record

Bloomberg India’s economy is struggling to recover its strong growth record, beset by record low inflation, a widening output gap, and short term uncertainty from the introduction of a uniform sales tax. That will build pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to jettison its neutral monetary policy bias adopted just five months ago, setting the scene for lowering interest ...

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Samsung plans $18bn of new investments in chip production

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest maker of memory chips, announced 20.4 trillion won ($18 billion) of new investments to expand semiconductor output in South Korea. After spending 15.6 trillion won on its Pyeongtaek plant south of Seoul, total investment in the facility will rise to 30 trillion won by 2021, it said in an statement on Tuesday. The ...

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Court freezes LeEco assets over late debt payments

Bloomberg LeEco is trying to resolve a dispute with one of China’s largest banks over unpaid interest on debt, a spat that’s prompted a Shanghai court to freeze 1.24 billion yuan ($182 million) of assets held by the tech conglomerate and its billionaire founder Jia Yueting. The ailing firm’s disagreement with China Merchants Bank Co. arose over loans to a ...

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