June, 2019

• 11 June

  Trafigura profit doubles in H1 as oil-trading rebound offsets metals

  

  Bloomberg Trafigura Group Ltd. racked up a 92 percent gain in profit in the first half of its financial year, taking advantage of price swings in the petroleum market and a dominant position exporting crude from the US. Joining peers in a strong performance, the third-biggest independent oil trader’s net income jumped to $426 million in the six months to ...

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• 11 June

  Connecticut set to join $70b offshore wind expansion

  

  Bloomberg Connecticut is set to massively increase investment in offshore wind after the state Senate passed a bill to require utilities to buy as much as 2 gigawatts of the renewable energy source, equivalent to almost a third of the state’s electricity needs. Regulators will have 14 days to produce a plan to solicit bids from developers. Previously, the state ...

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• 11 June

  Apple’s US iPhones can all be made outside of China

  

  Bloomberg Apple Inc has a backup plan if the US-China trade war gets out of hand. The Cupertino, California-based company’s primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to make all iPhones bound for the US outside of China if necessary, according to a senior executive at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer now makes most of the smartphones ...

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• 11 June

  Anil Ambani vows to reduce extra debt after paying $5 billion

  

  Bloomberg Embattled Indian tycoon Anil Ambani pledged to reduce debt at his infrastructure-to-finance conglomerate to a “bare” minimum, seeking to bolster investor confidence in an empire that’s grappling with high leverage and delayed asset sales. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has repaid 350 billion rupees ($5 billion) in the past 14 months, an amount entirely raised through disposal of ...

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• 11 June

  Citi suspended from Japan bond auctions

  

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc was suspended from the primary group of dealers that participate at certain Japanese government bond auctions after it was found to have manipulated futures prices. The Ministry of Finance ordered Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc’s exclusion from participating in “non-price competitive auctions” and certain other government bond sales for a month from June 13, it said. The ...

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• 11 June

  China’s car slump extends to a year

  

  Bloomberg China’s car sales declined for the 12th consecutive month, a historic slump that’s left manufacturers reeling as trade tensions and economic worries weigh on consumer sentiment. Retail sales of sedans, sport utility vehicles, minivans and multipurpose vehicles fell 12.5 percent to 1.61 million units in May, the China Passenger Car Association said. The unprecedented slide has hit local brands ...

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• 11 June

  India’s world-beating growth may not be so fast after all

  

  Bloomberg India’s statistics may have been painting a far rosier picture of economic growth than the more modest reality of the past decade. The nation has held the crown of the world’s fastest-growing major economy until recently, but a new study by former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian says the expansion was overestimated between 2011 and 2017. Rather than growing ...

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• 11 June

  Salesforce to buy Tableau for $15.3 billion in data push

  

  Bloomberg Salesforce.com Inc., which makes America’s dominant sales-tracking software, agreed to buy Tableau Software Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $15.3 billion that it said will help give customers more ways to analyse data. The acquisition of software maker will move Salesforce.com further away from its central business, marking a new era for the top seller of software for ...

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• 11 June

  Slack expects $600m in revenue this year

  

  Bloomberg Slack Technologies Inc. expects growing revenue and higher-than-usual losses in the second quarter, the period in which it’s expected to go public via a direct listing, the company said. Slack, which makes workplace chat and collaboration software, told investors it predicts it will lose $75 million to $77 million next quarter, including about $32 million in one-time expenses related ...

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• 11 June

  Uber rival Bolt relaunches in London after 2 years in exile

  

  Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. rival Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, has relaunched in London — nearly two years after its operating license was revoked by the city’s transit authority. The Estonian company, backed by Daimler AG and most recently valued at $1 billion, said it would compete in the UK capital by offering lower fares for riders, and by taking ...

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