November, 2018

• 19 November

  Greenpeace targets Oreo maker to save orangutans

  

  Bloomberg The maker of Oreo cookies has become the latest target by Greenpeace in its campaign to stop the destruction of rainforests for palm oil. The environmental group accused palm oil suppliers to snack giant Mondelez International Inc., which makes the famous black and white cookie as well as Cadbury chocolate bars, of deforestation and destroying orangutan habitats in Indonesia. ...

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• 19 November

  German rival aims at Amazon with tech-advanced warehouse

  

  Bloomberg In an industrial park outside Cologne, German grocer Rewe Group is fighting back against Amazon.com Inc. with what it describes as the most technologically sophisticated online-shopping facility in Europe. The closely held retailer’s building, the size of 2 1/2 soccer fields, holds 20,000 items from drinks to diapers, twice as many as a typical supermarket. Products are stored in ...

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• 19 November

  Reliance plans to expand world’s biggest oil-refinery complex

  

  Bloomberg Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd is considering a plan to boost its oil-refining capacity by about half, people with knowledge of the matter said. The proposed plant, to come up at the world’s biggest refining complex in Jamnagar, will be able to process as much as 30 million tonnes of crude a year, the people said asking not ...

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• 19 November

  BGC Partners enters shipbroking market

  Bloomberg BGC Partners Inc is entering the shipbroking market for the first time, buying Poten and Partners Group Inc to bet on demand for liquefied natural gas. Poten, which is based in New York, specializes in the LNG tanker and liquid petroleum gas markets, with 170 staff in offices from London to Singapore, Houston, Athens, Guangzhou and Perth. BGC didn’t ...

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• 19 November

  Nissan moves to oust chief Ghosn after shock arrest

  

  Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. will remove Carlos Ghosn as chairman after he was arrested in Tokyo for violations of financial law, throwing the auto industry’s largest global alliance into turmoil. Ghosn, among the most prominent car-industry leaders globally and also the Chief Executive Officer of Renault SA, has been arrested over the suspected breach of Japanese financial trading law, the ...

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• 19 November

  Taiwan braces for earnings gloom as trade war bites

  

  Bloomberg Disappointing earnings may not be over for Taiwan companies, dragged by waning demand for Apple Inc.’s flagship iPhone and deteriorating relations between the island’s two biggest trade partners. Net income for companies on the Taiex index is expected to drop 9.2 percent on-year this quarter after undershooting estimates in the three months through September, the first miss since the ...

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• 19 November

  China’s biggest insurer buys stake in Finleap

  

  Bloomberg Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s biggest insurer by market value, led investors in injecting 41.5 million euros ($47 million) into Germany’s Finleap GmbH in its latest round of funding. The Chinese behemoth’s $1 billion-Global Voyager Fund led the investment round, the companies said in a statement on Monday, which didn’t disclose additional terms. The deal values the Berlin-based ...

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• 19 November

  Hong Kong fintech firm TNG to plan US IPO

  

  Bloomberg TNG FinTech Group Inc., a Hong Kong-based digital wallet operator, plans to seek as much as $300 million in a US initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, whose investors include billionaire Henry Cheng’s NWS Holdings Ltd., is working with advisers on preparations for the proposed share sale, according to the people. It aims ...

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• 19 November

  China probes Australian barley as trade tensions simmer

  

  Bloomberg China is starting an anti-dumping investigation on imports of Australian barley, sending a signal the world’s top commodity buyer may be increasing scrutiny of one of its most important suppliers. The one-year probe will start on Monday, and could be extended to May 19, 2020, according to a statement on the Ministry of Commerce’s website. Australian barley is being ...

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• 19 November

  Brexit brings out some British gallows humour

  

  Brexit is turning into a national humiliation. To see just how desperate the situation is, look at how some Britons are trying to make light of it. Two videos went viral this week. In the first, BBC political commentator Chris Mason simply threw up his hands and admitted he simply hadn’t the foggiest idea what could happen next. “You might ...

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