June, 2019

• 24 June

  Amazon lives on the edge, telecoms should tremble

  

  5G networks will allow vast gobs of data to be transmitted at great speeds. And more data usually means more money for mobile carriers like Deutsche Telekom AG and AT&T Inc. But there’s a hitch. Cloud giants such as Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are lurking. The new tech enables ever more computational decision-making to be carried out ...

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• 24 June

  Facebook’s Libra may spark a global currency war

  

  It’s one thing for academics in Asia to rant against the tyranny of the dollar, or to make cheery forecasts about its impending eclipse by the Chinese yuan. But now that Facebook Inc. wants to spawn a new global currency – one that could meet the “daily financial needs of billions of people” and perhaps rival the greenback one day ...

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• 24 June

  Trump says didn’t threaten to demote Fed’s Powell, but could

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump denied that he’d threatened to demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell but said he’d “be able to do that if I wanted.” The president repeated his criticism of Powell’s actions as Fed chief in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I’m not happy with his actions,” Trump said of Powell. “No, I don’t think he’s ...

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• 24 June

  India to lose outspoken central banker as Viral Acharya resigns

  

  Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will lose one of its most outspoken officials, raising further questions about the independence of the central bank six months after the governor resigned under a cloud. Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has asked to leave the central bank, citing “unavoidable personal circumstances,” the RBI said in a statement on Monday. His resignation request, ...

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• 24 June

  Natixis marks down assets to stem crisis at its H2O funds business

  

  Bloomberg Natixis SA went into crisis-fighting mode to stem a wave of outflows from its H2O Asset Management unit, selling part of its non-rated private bonds and marking down the balance in order to remove incentives for investors to pull even more. The move cuts the aggregate market value of the bonds, which were issued by companies linked to financier ...

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• 24 June

  Danske fires executive who overcharged clients

  

  Bloomberg Denmark’s biggest bank, already struggling to recover from a money-laundering scandal, fired the man who until last month was interim CEO because some clients paid too much for an investment product. Danske Bank A/S said on Monday that it had dismissed Jesper Nielsen, head of banking in Denmark, after it emerged that tens of thousands of domestic customers were ...

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• 24 June

  Banks stay on sidelines for Libra after Apple pay struggle

  

  Bloomberg US banks might be happy to stay away from Facebook Inc.’s push into cryptocurrencies. For now. The Libra Association, the governing body for the coin, is in talks with lenders around the world to join its ranks. Banks are mostly keeping their distance after seeing tepid consumer reaction to digital wallets such as Apple Pay and regulatory scrutiny of ...

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• 24 June

  Carrefour sells control of its China unit for $698mn

  

  Bloomberg Carrefour SA has agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in its China unit for $698 million in cash to local retailer Suning.com Co as it rethinks its exposure in the world’s No. 2 economy after years of decline. The yielding of control comes after a long search for a partner for the French company’s struggling Chinese operations. Once ...

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• 24 June

  Lufthansa details its dividend policy, Eurowings revamp

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG adjusted its dividend policy and unveiled a revamp of its money-losing Eurowings arm in a bid to soothe investor worries a week after issuing a second profit warning this year. Europe’s biggest airline will rebase the dividend to 20 percent to 40 percent of adjusted net income, a measure a spokesman said would provide flexibility for ...

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• 24 June

  Uniqlo owner considers paying star employees $280,000 after 3 years

  

  Bloomberg Asia’s largest retailer is hoping that a $280,000 annual salary and a managerial title in three years will lure top talent as | it grapples with one of the tightest labour markets in Japanese history. The salary being considered by Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co would be more than three times the average pay at the company, and nearly ...

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