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JinkoSolar sees more foreign sales amid slumping market in China

Bloomberg JinkoSolar Holding Co., the world’s biggest solar panel maker, sees China’s photovoltaic power additions slumping this year and a greater share of its revenue coming from overseas amid uncertainties over Beijing’s new policies. China may add 30 to 40 gigawatts of solar power in 2019, down from 44 gigawatts the previous year, Vice President Qian Jing said in an ...

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Phone carriers see $62b hit if Chinese banned from 5G

Bloomberg Excluding China’s Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp from the next generation of mobile networks would lumber European phone companies with 55 billion euros ($62 billion) in extra costs, the wireless industry’s main lobby group said. A global ban advocated by US President Donald Trump would also delay the rollout of the high-speed 5G networks by at least 18 ...

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China’s Wanda Sports files for IPO in US

Bloomberg Wanda Sports Group Co, a unit under Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co, filed to go public in the US with a goal of raising funds to pay down debt. The Beijing-based company, which has had partnerships with FIFA and the Chinese Basketball Association, owns sports properties and generates revenue from events, sponsorship and media pacts. ...

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Singapore’s property developer offers to buy Millenium Hotels at $2.8 billion

Bloomberg Singapore’s second-largest property developer is offering to buy out shareholders of Millenium & Copthorne Hotels Plc in a deal that would value the company at $2.84 billion. City Developments Ltd said in a statement that it has made a final offer for the London-traded hotel chain at 685 pence per share, representing a 37 percent premium to this week’s ...

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Tencent Music to weigh its selling after slump

Bloomberg Now comes crunch time for Tencent Music Entertainment Group insiders and early backers who have to decide on Monday whether or not to cash out of the Chinese music entertainment service when its 180-day lockup expires. The decision is made more torturous by a 34 percent decline in the stock since a peak in mid-March. For some insiders and ...

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Late monsoon arrival delays crop sowing in India

Bloomberg The southwest monsoon, which waters more than half of India’s farmland, arrived in the country’s southern coast more than a week later than normal. Monsoon showers reached Kerala on Saturday, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, additional director general of Meteorology at India’s Meteorological Department. The department in May had predicted a June first week onset for the June-September rainy period. The ...

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PG&E warns of power cuts as California faces risk of wildfires

Bloomberg Wildfire season has barely started, and PG&E Corp is already warning it could cut service in Napa County and elsewhere in Northern California to prevent power lines from sparking a blaze. PG&E may proactively shut off electricity in several counties this weekend after the National Weather Service said fire risk was high, the San Francisco-based utility said. About 1,600 ...

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Uber top chiefs leaving in major leadership shake-up

Bloomberg After a tumultuous stock debut, Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi is parting ways with two top lieutenants in a major leadership overhaul. Barney Harford, the chief operating officer, and Rebecca Messina, the chief marketing officer, are both leaving the company, Uber said. Uber had largely shielded Harford from the public spotlight after he was the subject ...

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