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China’s Evergrande soars as risks alarmed regulators

Bloomberg China Evergrande Group’s stock and local bonds soared after the developer took a major step towards avoiding a cash crunch that had threatened to roil the nation’s $50 trillion financial system and reverberate across global markets. After a turbulent few days during which banks, bondholders and senior government officials became increasingly alarmed about Evergrande’s financial health, the world’s most ...

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PE firm to invest $498m in India’s Reliance Retail

Bloomberg General Atlantic will invest 36.8 billion rupees ($498 million) in billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s retail venture as Asia’s richest man continues to garner funds after securing more than $20 billion for his digital services unit earlier this year. The private equity firm will hold a 0.84% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday, giving ...

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‘Indian women spend 5 hours a day on chores’

Bloomberg Women in India spend about five hours a day on unpaid domestic work, or thrice as much time as men, according to a new survey by the government. Only about 18% of women participated in employment and related activities in a day, against 57% of men, according to the findings of the first Time-Use survey by the Ministry of ...

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