BLOOMBERG Leader Energy Holding Bhd is preparing for an initial public offering in Malaysia and is seeking to raise as much as       2 billion ringgit ($433 million), according to people with knowledge of the matter, in what would be the country’s biggest first-time share sale since 2017. The Kuala Lumpur-based power company plans to submit its draft prospectus to the ...

BLOOMBERG AGL Energy Ltd said it would massively expand its production of clean energy as it abandons coal-fired power plants. The company will spend as much as A$10 billion ($6.9 billion) of its own money to build new facilities, including with debt-financing, Chief Financial Officer Gary Brown said. The Australian coal giant, which came under attack from billionaire climate activist ...

BLOOMBERG  Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will recruit more cabin crew from mainland China and widen the use of Mandarin language on flights, its chief executive officer said, less than a month after the carrier fired three flight attendants for disparaging passengers who didn’t speak English. “With the growing number of Putonghua-speaking customers, it has always been our intention to recruit ...

BLOOMBERG  Boeing Co is preparing to accelerate production of its cash-cow 737 jets “soon,” the planemaker’s commercial chief said, as the company makes progress towards addressing a supplier defect that has slowed deliveries. The rate break to a 38-jet monthly pace will happen “sooner rather than later,” Stan Deal, who heads Boeing’s commercial airplane business, said in Paris ahead of ...

BLOOMBERG  JD.com aims to create seven listed firms with market values of $14 billion apiece, outlining aggressive targets spanning two decades as it wrapped its signature 2023 sales gala with another record haul. Sales volume during its “6.18” June online bargains event, reached an all-time high, the company said in a WeChat post. The summer online sales event, in which ...

BLOOMBERG  Airbus SE is in talks with Grupo Viva Aerobus SAB for a large narrowbody aircraft order that would fuel the Mexican low-cost carrier’s expansion, people familiar with the discussions said. The companies held talks and were expected to announce an accord at the Paris Air Show starting from Monday, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing private ...

BLOOMBERG  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will investigate an incident where the wing of a United Airlines Holdings Inc flight clipped the tail of a Delta Air Lines Inc plane at Boston Logan International airport. The incident occurred while United Flight 369 was taxiing and Delta Flight 1657 was at a holding pad, the FAA said in a ...

BLOOMBERG Global stocks fell, striking a more cautious note after Wall Street’s powerful second-quarter rally lost steam at the end of last week. Chemical and construction firms paced declines in Europe, while banking stocks outperformed. Among the biggest individual movers, Sartorius AG slumped 15% after issuing a bigger-than-expected profit warning. In Asia, disappointed hopes for further stimulus pushed down Chinese ...

BLOOMBERG India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) is planning to offer derivatives based on its bond indexes, according to people familiar with the matter, as it seeks attract more investors to its platform. The NSE has already applied to the Securities Exchange Board of India for approval and is aiming to launch the corporate debt product by September, the people said. ...

BLOOMBERG Jerome Powell will be in the Capitol Hill spotlight a week after the Federal Reserve paused its most aggressive tightening campaign in decades, with investors watching for clues on whether central bankers are indeed leaning toward further interest-rate hikes. The Fed chair will deliver the central bank’s semi-annual monetary policy report to the House on Wednesday and the Senate ...