Bloomberg British supermarket chains Asda Group Ltd and Iceland Foods Ltd have seen their bonds move out of the distressed zone after British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s promised help on energy bills. With Britons expected to have more money in their pockets to spend on essential groceries, the sweeping package of measures to contain spiraling energy bills announced last ...

  Bloomberg Aldi has become Britain’s fourth largest supermarket for the first time, overtaking Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc to gain 9.3% of the country’s grocery market. The German discounter’s market share climbed 1.2 percentage points in the 12 weeks to September 4, retail data company Kantar said. Brits have been turning to cheaper outlets and own-brand labels amid the country’s ...

  Bloomberg China’s homebuilt single-aisle passenger jet, the C919, aimed at rivaling planes made by Airbus SE and Boeing Co, could be certified by Chinese regulators as early as September 19, local media reported, in a nod to the aircraft’s model type. The long-awaited granting of an airworthiness certificate for the jet built by Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, or ...

  Bloomberg J Sainsbury Plc has become the latest British retailer to unveil a “cost of living support package” that it says will help staff cope with the steepest inflation in decades. The UK’s second-biggest supermarket will lift pay by 25 pence ($0.34) an hour and offer free food and other discounts for employees, it said. Inflation has already moved ...

  Bloomberg In the almost 1,000 days since Xi Jinping last ventured abroad, China has found itself increasingly isolated within the US-led world order. He’s finally reemerging this week alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin to showcase his vision for a viable alternative. Xi and Putin this week are expected to hold their first in-person chat since Russia invaded Ukraine, showing that ...

  Bloomberg In just over 70 days under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Philippines has lodged 52 protests against Beijing over the South China Sea, signaling pushback from the new government amid an ongoing territorial dispute. The diplomatic protests were filed due to China’s “incursions” and “illegal presence” in the South China Sea, including the conduct of maritime scientific research, ...

  Bloomberg Slovakia’s ruling party pushed through a cabinet reshuffle as it seeks to hold on to power without a majority after a rival party abandoned the coalition this month. Prime Minister Eduard Heger’s minority coalition was expected to face a test on Tuesday to muster enough lawmakers to open Slovakia’s parliamentary session. Richard Sulik, who served as economy minister, ...

Bloomberg To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets. Facebook’s parent company has so far subpoenaed 132 companies for documents, including Snap Inc., ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok and the audio startup Clubhouse, and has warned that it may seek information from 100 more. The subpoenas ...

  Bloomberg Oracle Corp’s quarterly sales jumped 18%, buoyed by the software maker’s transition to cloud computing and the acquisition of health records provider Cerner. Sales were $11.4 billion in the fiscal first quarter, meeting analysts’ average estimate, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Profit, excluding some items, was $1.03 a share. Oracle said currency fluctuations reduced the earnings by ...

Bloomberg The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a detailed list of questions to Twitter Inc, before the committee will hear testimony from whistle-blower Peiter Zatko, who has accused the company of failing to adequately protect data on its users. In a letter addressed to Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, the senators wrote that Zatko’s allegations, if true, ...