February, 2020

• 18 February

  Alibaba’s China disconnect cuts Hong Kong dead

  

  The decision to exclude shares of China’s biggest e-commerce company from a cross-border trading link is a blow to Hong Kong. Is it a punishment, or simple self-interest at work? The answer matters, both for the city’s exchange and for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Alibaba can’t be included in the stock connect program linking Hong Kong with the Shanghai and ...

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• 18 February

  Three risks for banking in the time of coronavirus

  

  When bankers fret about contagion, it’s usually the financial kind. DBS Group Holdings Ltd. is battling a different outbreak. The full-year results of Singapore’s largest lender are pre-coronavirus. Still, they offer clues to what investors in banks with pan-Asian heft — including HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Citigroup Inc. — should be watching. A day before its earnings ...

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• 18 February

  US futures fall after Apple says sales to miss forecast

  

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures fell along with European stocks on Tuesday after Apple Inc said quarterly sales would miss forecasts, spooking investors who had hoped for a limited economic impact from the deadly coronavirus. Treasuries rose as American markets re-opened after a holiday. Contracts on the three major US equity benchmarks dropped, with Apple shares slumping as much as 4.2% ...

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• 18 February

  India’s Sensex drops as virus adds to woes

  

  Bloomberg India’s stock benchmark declined for a fourth straight day, with disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak clouding the outlook for an economy already facing its weakest expansion in 11 years. The S&P BSE Sensex Index fell 0.4% to close at 40,894.38 in Mumbai, its longest losing streak in more than four months, after sliding as much as 1.1%. The NSE ...

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• 18 February

  Binance applies for new crypto license in S’pore

  Bloomberg Binance Holdings Ltd, operator of one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has applied for an operating license in Singapore under the government’s new payments legislation. “We have already applied,” Binance co-founder and CEO “CZ” Zhao Changpeng said in a phone interview. “We submitted the application pretty fast. Binance’s Singapore entity has been in close touch with the local ...

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• 18 February

  Bombardier declares its selling spree over, officially

  

  Bloomberg With just one business left, Bombardier Inc has officially declared its selling spree over. The Montreal-based company, which once made everything from snowmobiles to commercial aircraft, will focus solely on corporate jets following its announcement of two separate deals to sell off parts of its business in less than a week. And with the proceeds earmarked towards reducing a ...

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• 18 February

  Bamboo Air plans $5b Boeing 777X jet order

  

  Bloomberg Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways expects to buy 12 Boeing Co. 777X jumbo jets in the second quarter, according to chairman Trinh Van Quyet, in what would be a multi-billion-dollar boost for the US planemaker after it failed to win a single order for any of its aircraft in January. A deal that size would be valued at almost $5 billion ...

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• 18 February

  Singapore Air cuts flights globally due to novel virus

  

  Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd will cut more flights across its global network through May as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus discourages people from travelling. The carrier and its SilkAir unit will reduce flights to cities including New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Sydney, according to a statement on its website on Tuesday. The company warned that it faces “significant” ...

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• 18 February

  China’s aviation market dips

  Bloomberg China’s aviation market, projected to overtake the US this decade and become the world’s biggest, has shrunk to such an extent due to the coronavirus outbreak that it’s fallen from third to 25th, behind Portugal. Airlines have slashed capacity because of the epidemic centred in Hubei province, leaving the industry reeling. About 1.7 million seats — almost 80% of ...

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• 18 February

  Carrefour Brazil unit rises after Makro deal

  Bloomberg Carrefour SA’s Brazil unit rallied as investors cheered the French retailer’s move to accelerate the expansion of its cash-and-carry business in Latin America’s largest economy. Shares of Atacadao SA rose as much as 6.2% in Sao Paulo on February 17, the most in more than two months, after it agreed to buy 30 cash-and-carry stores and 14 gas stations ...

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