Bloomberg Apple Inc has asked its largest suppliers to consider the costs of shifting 15 percent to 30 percent of its output from China to Southeast Asia in a dramatic shake-up of its production chain, the Nikkei reported. The US tech giant asked “major suppliers” to evaluate the feasibility of such a migration, the newspaper cited multiple sources as saying. ...

Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp aims to spend an additional 5 billion yuan ($725 million) expanding its Chinese retail network over the next three years, anticipating a re-doubled effort by Huawei Technologies Co to grow its domestic market share. The smartphone maker will spend the money on expanding distribution channels and on reward programmes for its partners and sales employees, a person ...

Bloomberg Indonesia just made it cheaper for buyers to own an expensive house by raising the luxury tax threshold limit. The luxury levy of 20 percent on bungalows or high-rise condos will now apply only to properties valued at 30 billion rupiah ($2.1 million) or more, according to a Finance Ministry notification. The levy previously applied to town houses with ...

Bloomberg Hutchison China MediTech Ltd, a cancer drug developer backed by billionaire Li Ka-shing, is delaying the launch of its Hong Kong share sale that could raise about $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is looking for an appropriate window to kick off the deal amid recent market uncertainties, the people said, asking not to ...

Bloomberg Xpeng Motors, the Chinese electric carmaker planning another fundraising round, said it has produced 10,000 sport utility vehicles. The company, which is backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said in a statement it made its 10,000th G3 SUV in the city of Zhengzhou. Among the hundreds of EV startups in China, NIO Inc and WM Motor Technology ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc is revamping its organisation in Asia to put more focus on China as the company prepares to start manufacturing in the world’s largest electric-car market, people familiar with the matter said. The company is dismantling its Asia Pacific business unit and forming a new division for Greater China that will cover the mainland as well as Hong ...

Bloomberg US equities were little changed on Wednesday while Treasuries slipped as investors prepared for the latest Federal Reserve meeting to conclude, with anticipation growing that policy makers will signal a readiness to lower rates. The three main US stock gauges drifted alongside the dollar, while the Stoxx Europe 600 was also little changed. Earlier, shares in Asia rallied, tracking ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said the company’s planned cryptocurrency coin, Libra, is a “long way from launch.” The social-media giant unveiled plans for a new global financial system based on a so-called stablecoin — a digital currency that’s supported by established government-backed currencies and securities. The project, more than a year in the making and including ...

Bloomberg Emerging-market currencies offer some of the best value as an eight-year run of dollar strength is “close to the end,” according to Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco). “We like to be long a number of those,” Gene Frieda, a Pimco strategist in London, said. Slowing US growth will finally put a dent in the greenback, while counterparts in the ...

Bloomberg Both China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un have suffered from President Donald Trump’s penchant for walking away from talks. Now, he’ll have to worry about what they tell each other behind closed doors. Xi’s state visit to Pyongyang on Thursday — the first such visit by a Chinese president in 14 years — will showcase a renewed ...