Bloomberg Bank of China (BOC) Ltd’s estimate for the carnage to retail investors from the collapse in a product linked to US crude oil futures has surged 11-fold to more than $1 billion as it consolidated reports from its nationwide network, according to people familiar with the matter. The lender’s estimate of losses to customers across China increased from about …

Bloomberg Carl Icahn isn’t buying stocks right now. He’s hoarding cash, shorting commercial real estate and preparing for the coronavirus to wreak more havoc. This is a time to be “extremely careful,” Icahn said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. From his home on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, the billionaire investor has surveyed the damage to stock prices — and to …

Bloomberg E-commerce companies have emerged as a favourite play on Wall Street during the coronavirus pandemic, amid a growing consensus that upcoming results will reveal a potentially permanent shift in consumer behaviour towards online shopping. While online sales have long been growing their market share as a percentage of overall retail spending, the trend has been accelerated as shutdowns force …