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Jollibee Fried Chicken tempting homesick Filipinos

Bloomberg Better watch out Kentucky Fried Chicken, Jollibee is planning to eat into your markets. Jollibee Foods Corp. wants to expand to 150 stores in the US in five years from 37 branches now, Chief Executive Officer Ernesto Tanmantiong said. The company also plans 100 additional stores in Canada as part of a push to land in the world’s top ...

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China’s fight against smog makes palladium 2018’s best metal

Bloomberg Palladium prices are shattering record highs, and investors are betting that tight supplies mean the bull run is just getting started. The metal, used in pollution-control devices in cars, has jumped almost 9 percent this year in New York, the best performance among major metals. Demand is roaring thanks to China, which is on a mission to reduce smog ...

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Pence-Xi showdown at Apec shows US-China divide widens

Bloomberg US Vice President Mike Pence traded sharp barbs with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in back-to-back speeches at a regional summit, showing that neither country appears to be giving ground in an escalating trade war. Xi received applause on Saturday when he told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Papua New Guinea that implementing tariffs and breaking up supply ...

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