Bloomberg Ocado Group Plc lost the latest court clash with rival AutoStore Technology AG after a London judge refused to grant an injunction that would stop the use of certain information in a separate US patent infringement case. In an increasingly bitter dispute between the two companies that both provide automated grocery delivery systems, online grocer Ocado sought to restrain ...

Bloomberg Troubled flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia put off the payment on its Islamic debt once again, highlighting its financing crunch as the firm tries to avoid bankruptcy. The Southeast Asian airline, struggling as the pandemic depresses air travel worldwide, said it “will continue to defer the periodic distribution amount due on June 3, 2023,” in a filing to the ...

Bloomberg Thai Airways International Pcl is seeking new loans to help fund operations after the court approved its plan to restructure at least $5.5 billion of debt. The carrier has been in talks with some banks for loans of as much as 25 billion baht as part of the debt-rehabilitation program, Chief Financial Officer Chai Eamsiri said. The Central Bankruptcy ...

Bloomberg General Motors Co is raising the stakes in the electric-vehicle race, boosting its investment in future technology for a second time in eight months with plans to spend $35 billion on more than 30 plug-in vehicles by 2025 and a total of four battery plants. The automaker said the stepped-up investment reflects stronger-than-expected financial results for the year. Higher ...

Bloomberg Health and fitness apps, which help mobile-phone users track everything from calorie intake to menstruation dates, can access and share personal data in a way that’s concerning, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The analysis of more than 20,000 apps found that inadequate privacy disclosures for many of them prevented users from making informed choices ...

Bloomberg Biel Crystal Manufactory Ltd, a supplier of cover glass to Apple Inc., is planning a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The maker of touch screens is working with China International Capital Corp., HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on the offering, ...

Bloomberg Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, said it raised $2.5 billion in a recent funding round to help advance its technology and replace a management team rocked by departures. Earlier this spring, Waymo had been talking to outside investors about raising as much as $4 billion, Bloomberg has reported. The Google sibling has lost six key executives in rapid ...

Bloomberg Oil crept higher as industry data pointed to a substantial decline in US crude stockpiles and fuel sales in India showed signs of recovering. Inventories dropped by 8.54 million barrels last week, according to people familiar with the American Petroleum Institute’s data. Oil is also being helped higher by positive demand signals from Asia. Indian gasoline and diesel sales ...

Bloomberg Seven of the European Union’s leading energy producers called on policymakers to agree to an ambitious and fast reform of the world’s largest carbon market in a bid to help investors in the transition to climate neutrality. Companies including Electricite de France SA, Statkraft AS and Fortum Oyj — which have big nuclear and hydropower fleets — want a ...

Bloomberg India’s best-performing stock funds have one thing in common: they’ve bet on companies that make the chemical substances used in items ranging from lip balms to crop-boosting fertilisers. Chemicals producers make up at least 14% of the portfolio for three funds that have delivered the biggest returns this year among those with at least $500 million in total assets, ...