Bloomberg The airline industry’s global lobby group condemned national moves to introduce Covid tests and other measures for passengers arriving from China as travel from the Asia nation resumes despite a flareup in the virus. The measures represent a knee-jerk reinstatement of steps that have proven ineffective in stemming the pandemic over the past three years, the International Air ...

Bloomberg Deliveries from Tesla Inc’s Shanghai factory slumped in December after a record November as production was temporarily suspended due to equipment upgrades and lackluster consumer demand. The Texas-based company shipped just 55,796 China-made vehicles last month, almost half the month prior, according to preliminary data released by China’s Passenger Car Association (PCA) on Thursday. The PCA didn’t provide a ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong sold the equivalent of $5.8 billion of green bonds denominated in three currencies, as debt markets roared back to life amid a global rush of deals. The city priced $3 billion of dollar bonds across four tenors, a 1.25 billion euro ($1.3 billion) two-tranche note and a 10 billion offshore yuan ($1.5 billion) portion, according to ...

  Bloomberg Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world’s largest iPhone plant to about 90% of anticipated peak capacity, suggesting Apple Inc’s biggest main production partner has secured enough workers despite a Covid resurgence and recent staff upheaval. Foxconn’s plant in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou is now operating with roughly 200,000 staff, the official Henan Daily reported, citing ...

  Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd entered the club of the world’s 10 most-valuable companies for the first time in six months, reflecting broader investor optimism for Chinese equities as the nation dismantled its stringent Covid Zero policy and refocused on growth. The online gaming firm’s shares have risen more than 80% since a low in October 2022, overtaking oil and ...

  Bloomberg Saddled with a slumping property market, China is extending measures introduced in September 2022 that allow lower mortgage rates for first-home buyers if newly constructed house prices drop for three consecutive months. Cities are eligible to maintain, lower or remove minimum interest rates on loans for first home purchases, according to a statement from the central bank and ...

  Bloomberg Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, will be focusing his attention on the Indian conglomerate’s pivot to green energy, according to people familiar with the matter, after putting his children in charge of other businesses. The 65-year-old will oversee strategy, including the building of gigafactories and blue hydrogen facilities, will assess acquisition targets, and is ...

Bloomberg Germany is nearing a decision to send infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight off Russia’s military invasion as pressure mounts on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to match commitments from France and the US. The government in Berlin is in talks with allies to coordinate an announcement, which could come within days, according to people familiar with the matter. One ...

  Bloomberg Malawi’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades has left 643 people dead after the disease spread to all districts of the southeastern African country. The landlocked nation, prone to tropical storms and cyclones, has been battling a resurgence of the water-borne diarrheal disease since March. The rainy season, which began in November, worsened the situation. Floods have led ...

  Bloomberg California faces heavy rain and ferocious winds as a powerful storm system adds to recent downpours that have burst levees and triggered mudslides. The deluge was set to continue in parts of the state, and “considerable flooding impacts are likely,” the National Weather Service said in a statement. Heavy snowfall in some mountain areas could make travel impossible ...