Bloomberg Intu Properties Plc has written down the value of one of the UK’s largest malls, offering a glimpse at its parlous finances ahead of a planned equity raise. The company notified holders of 485 million pounds ($631 million) of bonds secured against Intu Metrocentre, a large mall in northeast England, that the debt secured against the property now accounts …

Bloomberg Luckin Coffee Inc, the Chinese challenger to Starbucks Corp, has lost nearly a third of its value since the outbreak of the coronavirus. However, at least one analyst maintains this may be just a blip for the company. The upstart has closed all of its coffee shops in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province and the epicenter of …

Bloomberg The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies considered how to respond to a plunge in oil prices, with Russia signaling for the first time it was open to Saudi Arabia’s push for an emergency meeting. Potential dates being discussed are February 8-9 and February 14-15, though for now the next regular meeting on March 5-6 remains …