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Essel in talks to sell toll roads to NIIF for $350m

Bloomberg Indian tycoon Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group is in advanced talks to sell some toll road projects to an arm of the country’s sovereign wealth fund for about $350 million, according to reports. The assets that National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is planning to buy are four toll roads that are in operations and two in construction, said the people, ...

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Telenor unit calls Bangladesh moves to curb access ‘illegal’

Bloomberg Grameenphone, the Bangladesh division of Norway’s Telenor Group, said the local telecom regulator’s move to restrict internet bandwidth for its services was “illegal,” as the company continues to pursue arbitration over an audit demand of nearly $1.5 billion. Bangladesh’s largest mobile company said at a press conference the regulator’s move to restrict internet access was “specially designed to put ...

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Hong Kong’s richest lose $19b since June 23

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s wealthiest people are starting to feel the pain from nine weeks of protests that have jammed the financial hub’s streets, weighed on economic growth and battered local stock prices. The 10 richest tycoons who derive their fortunes from Hong Kong-listed companies have seen their net worth tumble by $19 billion since July 23, according to the Bloomberg ...

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