Bloomberg AES Corp, a long-time builder of coal-fired power plants around the world, published a report that projects how climate change could affect its business. The bottom line, the company says, is that its move away from carbon fuels means its business model holds up whether the world warms a lot or a little. The report, which AES says is ...
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SSE turns focus on renewables as retail supply margins suffer
Bloomberg SSE Plc is to split off its green generation into a separate business known as SSE Renewables under the UK utility’s increased focus on low-carbon generation. The new company will have 4 gigawatts of capacity by March including onshore and offshore wind, flexible hydro, run-of-river hydro and pumped storage. That compares with 7.3 gigawatts of conventional assets. We’re starting ...
Read More »Hon Hai’s profit miss reflects growing iPhone-supplier woes
Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s disappointing earnings will fan fears that Apple Inc.’s legion of global hardware suppliers are in for hard times. The main assembler of iPhones reported net income of NT$24.9 billion ($806 million) in the September quarter, about 12 percent below the average analysts’ estimate. Hon Hai joins a string of Apple suppliers that have warned ...
Read More »Samsung arm faces probe after breaking accounting rules
Bloomberg Samsung Group’s biotechnology unit is facing a potential criminal investigation and delisting after South Korea’s financial regulator said that the company “intentionally†violated accounting rules surrounding an initial public offering. A securities panel of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said Samsung Biologics Co. deliberately overstated the value of affiliate Samsung Bioepis ahead of its IPO in 2016, which raised ...
Read More »Tata Steel quarterly profit hits 9-year high
Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd.’s quarterly profit rose to the highest in nine years as India’s oldest steelmaker reaped gains from higher prices and its focus on the domestic market, where a government push to improve infrastructure has raised demand. Group net income surged nearly four-fold to $495 million in the three months ended on September 30, from 9.76 billion rupees ...
Read More »Tencent profit surges on ads, Meituan gain
Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd. posted earnings that surpassed all analyst estimates as one-time gains and advertising demand limited the impact of a government clampdown on its lucrative games business. Net income surged 30 percent to 23.3 billion yuan ($3.4 billion) for the September quarter, compared with the 18.4 billion yuan average of estimates. With revenue growing at the slowest pace ...
Read More »Alibaba-backed Babytree seeks $282mn in HK IPO
Bloomberg Babytree Group, a Chinese parenting website backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Fosun International Ltd., is seeking as much as $282 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering. The Beijing-based company is offering 250.3 million shares at HK$6.80 to HK$8.80 apiece, according to terms for the deal obtained by Bloomberg. The deal, which is expected to price ...
Read More »SoftBank commits another $3 billion to WeWork
Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is continuing to push money into one of its biggest investments: WeWork Cos. The New York-based co-working company signed a $3 billion warrant with SoftBank, WeWork said in a discussion of its third-quarter earnings. SoftBank agreed to pay $3 billion to WeWork for the opportunity to buy shares before September 2019 at a price of $110 ...
Read More »US set to hold off on imposing tariffs on automobile imports
Bloomberg The Trump administration will hold off for now on imposing new tariffs on automobile imports as top officials weigh revisions to a report on the national security implications, accordi-ng to two people familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump met with his top trade advisers at the White House to discuss a draft report on a Commerce Department investigation ...
Read More »German economy shrinks for first time since 2015
Bloomberg The German economy shrank for the first time since early 2015 after the auto industry took a hit. The 0.2 percent contraction in the third quarter was worse than expected and the biggest in more than five years. While the hope is that the setback is related largely to new emissions tests that temporarily disrupted car production, the data ...
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