Bloomberg An Indian court has halted implementation of a ruling that froze assets of Future Retail Ltd. and its founders on a petition by Amazon.com Inc. The American giant wants to block the sale of the retailer to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. The Delhi High Court stayed the March 18 verdict that had ordered Future Retail to ask regulators …

Bloomberg Nestle SA is preparing for post-pandemic coffee growth as the world’s largest food company rolls out touchless machines for the office and bets new flavors will win over more consumers making coffee at home. The maker of Nespresso and Nescafe is planning a wider introduction of machines that can be controlled via smartphone, catering to concern about viral transmission, …

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley is doubling down on its efforts to help Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. replicate the US lender’s highly successful wealth management business in Japan, where competition to serve rich clients is intensifying. The New York-based lender has dispatched Darren Spencer, the former chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, to Tokyo to train staff and …

Bloomberg French prosecutors and lawyers for the government said UBS Group AG should be ordered to pay $3.6 billion — 33% less than the original judgment — for allegedly helping French clients hide money from the nation’s tax authorities. Prosecutor Serge Roques asked a Paris court of appeals to impose a 2 billion-euro fine on UBS, acknowledging the limits set …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG CEO Thomas Gottstein signalled he’d consider further separating the asset-management unit from the rest of the bank after the Greensill Capital collapse, as he steps up efforts to limit the reputational damage from the supply-chain finance scandal. Making asset management an independent entity is “potentially part of the plan,” Gottstein said in a Bloomberg Television …

Bloomberg China appointed two new economists to its central bank monetary policy committee with expertise in the labour market and population, suggesting an increased focus on boosting jobs and household incomes. Cai Fang, a well-known economist at the government-linked Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Wang Yiming, a former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, …

Bloomberg India is set to face its first test of demand for a riskier type of bank bond since the regulator introduced a cap on mutual funds’ investments in such securities. One of the nation’s largest regional lenders, Bank of Maharashtra, is seeking bids Monday for rupee-denominated Tier 2 notes in a sale that will be closely watched to gauge …

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) finally delivered on its promise to boost the pace of emergency bond-buying to combat the economic threat from higher yields. Net purchases settled last week climbed by 21.1 billion euros ($25.2 billion), the most since the start of December. German bonds held marginally higher on the day, with 10-year yields dropping one basis point …

Bloomberg China’s equity benchmark edged back towards its 2021 low, briefly piercing through a key support level as traders sold everything from electronic cigarette stocks to raw-materials firms amid broader concerns over earnings and valuations. The CSI 300 Index falls 1% to close at 5,009.25 points, extending its decline from this year’s peak to nearly 14% just days after the …

Bloomberg European stocks dropped on Tuesday as a planned lockdown in Germany amid a resurgence of virus cases cast doubt on the region’s nascent economic recovery. The Stoxx 600 Index falls 0.5%, dragged lower by travel shares and cyclicals as Chancellor Angela Merkel put Germany into hard lockdown over Easter to try to defuse another wave of infections. The move …