January, 2019

• 29 January

  Apple partners shift from China over trade tensions

  

  Bloomberg Apple Inc.’s main assemblers are shifting more output to India and Southeast Asia as trade tensions threaten to escalate costs in their longstanding production base of China. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, known also as Foxconn, said over the weekend it’s investing more than $200 million in India and Vietnam. Smaller rival Pegatron Corp. said it’s moved to Indonesia ...

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• 29 January

  Indian millers seek higher sugar price to clear $2.7bn dues

  

  Bloomberg Sugar millers in India are urging the government to increase the benchmark price of the commodity to help them pay off about $2.7 billion they owe to farmers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Indian Sugar Mills Association sent a letter to the government asking for the minimum selling price to be raised to 35-36 rupees ...

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• 29 January

  Allianz progresses in talks for Malaysian car insurer

  

  Bloomberg Allianz Malaysia Bhd has been chosen to progress in talks to acquire Malaysia’s second-biggest car insurer after edging out Japanese rival Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co, people with knowledge of the matter said. AmGeneral Insurance Bhd’s owners have decided to enter detailed discussions with Allianz on a potential deal, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because ...

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• 29 January

  Indonesia seeks consumption for growth

  Bloomberg Indonesia will seek to sustain the growth in domestic consumption and boost government spending in a bid to shield itself from a spillover of slowing economic growth in China, according to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. The success in maintaining people’s purchasing power and consumption, which accounts for more than 55 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product, will determine ...

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• 29 January

  Xiaomi rout puts spotlight on Hong Kong’s expiring lockups

  

  Bloomberg Investors locked into holding newly-listed Hong Kong stocks could only watch as last year’s bear market ate away at their returns. The shackles will soon be off. Xiaomi Corp saw a wave of selling after its lockup period — when key investors are banned from selling stock — ended three weeks ago. Similar restriction terms are due to end ...

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• 29 January

  Trump to press China over trade as US targets Huawei

  

  Bloomberg The Trump administration will press China to prove it can keep promises in talks this week aimed at ending the trade war, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, as the US ratcheted up legal pressure on one of the biggest examples of Chinese technological might. In a sign of the importance the White House is placing on the talks, President ...

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• 29 January

  EU warns US tech giants to intensify fake news fight

  

  Bloomberg Europe warned the world’s biggest tech and advertising companies that they need to intensify efforts to combat disinformation on their platforms ahead of European elections, or face regulation. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, acknowledged that companies such as Alphabet Inc’s Google, Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc, had made “some progress”, in particular with removing fake accounts and ...

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• 29 January

  T-Mobile to defend Sprint deal before Democratic-led House

  

  Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc Chief Executive Officer John Legere and Sprint Corp Chairman Marcelo Claure agreed to testify about their planned $26.5 billion merger before a Democratic-controlled House panel that is expected to bring tougher scrutiny to the consolidation of telecom giants. The hearing, scheduled for February 13, gives Representative David Cicilline of Rhode Island, the chairman of the House ...

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• 29 January

  Apple’s next forecast to likely show sales are still falling

  

  Bloomberg Anyone looking for an upbeat forecast from Apple Inc is likely to be disappointed when the company’s results were expected on Tuesday. The company is set to report its first holiday quarter sales decline since the iPhone launched, and analysts are predicting revenue will keep shrinking in the current quarter. In early January, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook forecast ...

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• 29 January

  The shutdown shows US citizens need to save more

  

  Now that the government shutdown is over, perhaps it is appropriate to consider a delicate question: Is it still OK to tell people they need to save more money? It’s an issue that came to the fore during the last five weeks, when hundreds of thousands of federal government workers, and many contractors, didn’t get paid, leaving many of them ...

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