Bloomberg Air France-KLM is turning to a much-debated part of the ethical bond market to repay state aid that helped it weather the coronavirus pandemic. The airline is presenting its sustainability-linked financing framework to investors, and will then offer at least €300 million ($317 million) of sustainability-linked bonds, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to ...

  Bloomberg Kenya flag carrier’s shares will be suspended from trading for a further 12 months, extending the period the company’s stock is halted to more than three years as it struggles to return to profit. The suspension has been in place since July 2020 to allow the company complete its operational and corporate restructuring process, the Nairobi Securities Exchange ...

Bloomberg Walmart Inc and other PhonePe shareholders will have to pay nearly $1 billion in tax after the digital payments company shifted its headquarters to India, according to people familiar with the matter. The bill stems from the relocation and rise in value of PhonePe Pvt, which Walmart took majority ownership of after acquiring parent outfit Flipkart Online Services. Now ...

  Bloomberg The White House said there’s no reason Beijing should retaliate against the US and other nations that have imposed Covid restrictions on its travellers, saying the moves were justified on public health grounds as China experiences a surge in cases. “There’s no cause for retaliation here. Just because countries around the world are taking prudent health measures to ...

  Bloomberg Malaysia will tighten screening rules for all foreign arrivals, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, amid concerns about the rampant Covid outbreak in China. “We are going to tighten screening but we won’t discriminate against any country,” he said at a post-cabinet briefing on Wednesday. The government will prioritise peoples’ health over the economy, he said. Malaysia joins several ...

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd led an advance in US-listed Chinese stocks in premarket trading, with Ant Group Co’s approved fundraising plan boosting optimism that China’s regulatory clampdown on its internet sector is easing. Alibaba, which owns a stake in Ant, rallied 6.7%. Its e-commerce peers JD.com Inc and Pinduoduo Inc both traded up more than 4.5%. Chinese stocks ...

  Bloomberg China is pausing massive investments aimed at building a chip industry to compete with the US, as a nationwide Covid resurgence strains the world’s No. 2 economy and Beijing’s finances. Top officials are discussing ways to move away from costly subsidies that have so far borne little fruit and encouraged both graft and American sanctions, people familiar with ...

Bloomberg Activity in India’s dominant services sector grew at its fastest pace in six months in December, buoyed by fresh business orders and signaling optimism about Asia’s third-largest economy. The S&P Global India Services Purchasing Managers Index rose to 58.5 last month from 56.4 in November 2022, data showed. Helped by a strong performance in the manufacturing sector, the composite ...

  Bloomberg Despite being the birthplace of the humble rice cooker, a decline in appetites for the grain and cost savings to be found elsewhere are prompting Panasonic Holdings Corp to end production in Japan. Instead, the Osaka-based manufacturer will transfer production to the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou by June 2023, according to media reports. The move by Panasonic, ...

  Bloomberg Byju Raveendran, the founder of the world’s most valuable edtech startup Byju’s, is in financing talks to lift his stake in the company to as high as 40%, people familiar with the matter said. The former teacher is seeking funding to finance the stake repurchases — which could amount to as much as 15% of the firm — ...