September, 2022

• 12 September

  Bitcoin gains most since July, breaks trading range

    Bloomberg Bitcoin rallied the most since July, breaking out of the narrowest trading range in about two years, as a drop in the dollar renewed demand for battered risk assets worldwide. The largest cryptocurrency by market value advanced as much as 10.1% to $21 in New York. The increase was the most since July 19. Bitcoin is outperforming most …

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• 12 September

  India’s Tata in talks to join club of iPhone makers

  

  Bloomberg Tata Group is in talks with a Taiwanese supplier to Apple Inc to establish an electronics manufacturing joint venture in India, seeking to assemble iPhones in the South Asian country. The discussions with Wistron Corp are aimed at making Tata a force in technology manufacturing, and the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate wants to tap the Taiwanese company’s expertise in product …

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• 12 September

  Tesla’s EV battery supplier in China operating under Covid restrictions

  

  Bloomberg The world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric cars said its largest plant in China is now operating a factory bubble as the city where it’s located is locked down to comply with Beijing’s zero-tolerance pandemic curbs. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co’s factory in Yibin has imposed a so-called closed loop system that will enable it to operate “in an …

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• 12 September

  BMW touts ‘tech leap’ of longer-range, faster-charging batteries

  

  Bloomberg BMW AG plans to buy electric-vehicle batteries from six new factories to be set up and run by companies including Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd and Eve Energy Co as the world’s biggest luxury-car maker attempts to overhaul its supply chain. Two plants each in Europe, China and North America will produce round lithium-ion cells that enable longer ranges …

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• 12 September

  Porsche mulls entry into F1 racing series

    Bloomberg Porsche said it’s still mulling an entry into the Formula 1 racing series after ending months of talks with Red Bull GmbH as a potential partner. Discussions faltered after the pair couldn’t agree on an “equal footing” on engine collaboration and team partnership, Porsche said. The stalling of the sports-car maker’s F1 aspirations come within weeks of Volkswagen …

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• 10 September

  Gazprom to shift gas sales to China to rubles, yuan from euro

  

  Bloomberg Gazprom PJSC said it will shift its contract to supply gas to China to rubles and yuan from euros, as the Kremlin steps up efforts to move trade out of currencies it considers “unfriendly” amid US and European sanctions. The state-run gas giant signed an additional agreement to its existing contract with China National Petroleum Corp on the issue, …

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• 10 September

  Soaring petrol prices in UK see millions of Britons driving less

  

  Bloomberg Soaring petrol prices in the UK caused millions of people to avoid driving this summer, according to the country’s Office for National Statistics. About 44% of people experiencing a cost of living squeeze took fewer non-essential car trips, according to an ONS survey. The figures — combined with Visa credit card data showing people put less fuel in their …

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• 10 September

  Portugal to cut VAT rate on electricity bills to 6%

    Bloomberg Portugal plans to lower the value-added tax rate to 6% from 13% for a certain amount of electricity use as the government tries to help consumers face rising costs for energy and other goods. The decision will take effect in October, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said at a press conference in Lisbon on Monday evening. Other steps presented …

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• 10 September

  Italy to reduce consumption of gas by 7% through March

  

    Bloomberg Italy is targeting a reduction in natural gas consumption through the winter season by increasing the use of coal, turning down heating across the country, and pushing to change citizens’ habits, according to a document circulated by the ministry for ecological transition. As the country faces the prospect of paying twice as much for energy imports as it …

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• 10 September

  Power cuts resume in South Africa

    Bloomberg South Africa announced its first rolling blackouts in almost three weeks, hours after the nation’s statistics office published data that showed economy contracted in second quarter when was hit by record power outages. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will implement so-called stage-2 loadshedding, where it cuts 2,000 megawatts from the grid, until September 10. If the utility sticks to …

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