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Target CEO sees fewer store trips as shoppers confront inflation

  Bloomberg Target Corp’s top executive said US consumers will drive less and consolidate their shopping into fewer trips as they adjust to pricier gasoline and the highest inflation rate in almost four decades. Shoppers are also likely to eat more at home and seek cheaper generic-brand goods in an effort to ease the blow from rising prices, Chief Executive ...

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Hong Kong arrests ex-Cathay crew at center of Covid outbreak

  Bloomberg Two former Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd flight attendants were arrested for violating pandemic rules, Hong Kong police said, after they were identified as the source of the city’s Omicron outbreak. The pair were charged under Hong Kong’s Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation and are due to appear in court February 9. Until then, they’ve been released on ...

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Indonesia set to get another unicorn

  Bloomberg PT Social Bella Indonesia, a beauty-products startup backed by Temasek Holdings Pte, is in talks with investors to raise $150 million to $200 million for a growth push, according to people familiar with the matter. The Jakarta-based company is negotiating for a funding round that would propel its valuation past $1 billion, said the people who asked not ...

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