Bloomberg Samling Group, the Malaysian timber giant, is planning an initial public offering of its automotive operations that could raise more than $250 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. Samling is working with advisers to explore a possible dual listing of the business in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore later this year, according to the people. The share sale ...

Bloomberg BlackBerry Ltd.’s efforts to push into self-driving cars took a new step forward as the former smartphone maker signed a deal with Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. to work together on automotive software. Baidu will bundle BlackBerry’s QNX vehicle operating system into its Apollo self-driving car platform, a set of tools that automakers can use when designing autonomous vehicles. ...

Bloomberg Trucking firms like Caravan Roadways Ltd., which has more than 500 brightly-painted vehicles crisscrossing India, were meant to see immediate benefits from the biggest tax reform in India’s modern history. But the chaotically-implemented goods and services tax is derailing the government’s revenue target and hasn’t much improved trade within Asia’s No. 3 economy. “Suspicious states”—anxious to retain pre-GST earnings—are ...