Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp plans to issue its biggest-ever yen bond in a test of whether individual investors will continue to lap up notes of one of the world’s most indebted firms. Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s technology conglomerate is marketing 550 billion yen ($4.8 billion) of seven-year subordinated notes, with the proceeds used to repay debt. The company has more …

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures rise and the dollar fell as risk-taking returned to markets at the end of a turbulent week, with investors weighing US employment gains against the Federal Reserve’s policy-tightening plans. March contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index advanced 0.2%, after falling as much as 0.6%. S&P 500 futures also climbed 0.2%. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index …

  Bloomberg Chinese asset manager Loyal Valley Capital Co. responded to pushback from clients who lost a third of their money on a product last year, as the $11 billion manager became the latest target of investor ire. One of the firm’s hedge funds allegedly deviated from its theme of tech- and consumer-stocks, while repeated requests for dialogue with fund …

  Bloomberg Uranium prices jumped as Kazakhstan, the world’s largest producer of the radioactive metal, struggles to cope with deadly protests that pose the biggest challenge to the country’s leadership in decades. The Central Asian nation, a part of the former Soviet Union that produces more than 40% of the world’s uranium, has disrupted communications networks and restricted some travel …

  Bloomberg Allegiant Airlines tumbled the most in 18 months after the carrier reversed its strategy of keeping costs in check by flying only Airbus SE planes, ordering 50 Boeing Co. 737 Max jets. Under the deal, which has a total value approaching $2.5 billion, the airline will buy two versions of the Max to be delivered from 2023 through …

  Bloomberg Malaysia’s biggest electronics retailer Senheng New Retail Bhd., which is set for a debut this month on the local exchange, is aiming to double its market share by 2025 as it expands its brick-and-mortar and virtual stores. In an interview before the January 25 listing, Chairman Lim Kim Heng said that his target is to capture 30% of …

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will operate only about 20% of its pre-pandemic cargo capacity this month, a sharp reduction in what has been a rare bright spot during the most challenging period in the carrier’s history. While the Hong Kong-based airline will resume some long-haul cargo services from Friday after a weeklong suspension, the January schedule is way …

  Bloomberg Nike Inc sued Lululemon Athletica Inc claiming its Mirror Home Gym and mobile app infringes its patents for digital home exercise equipment. The Nike suit is the latest in the thriving home fitness industry, where companies are turning to the courts to protect their own products from competition while expanding into new lines of business. Lululemon, once solely …

  Bloomberg The UK will no longer require vaccinated travellers to take a Covid-19 test before boarding a flight to the country, after airlines hard-hit by the Omicron variant lobbied for the rules to be eased. A lateral-flow test must still be taken within two days of entering England, but the requirement for a more-costly PCR assessment will be eliminated, …

  Bloomberg Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol said omicron is the biggest threat to the economy’s recovery, sounding a cautious note ahead of a policy meeting later this month. The threat posed by the virus variant comes on top of other external risks including rising global inflationary pressure, policy normalisation by major economies and a possible economic slowdown …