November, 2018

• 17 November

  Flipkart billionaire’s exit puts corporate India on notice

  

  Bloomberg The surprise resignation of an Indian tech billionaire has pulled corporate India deeper into the #MeToo firestorm that’s been sweeping through the American business community for more than a year. Walmart Inc. announced that Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal was leaving the company after an independent probe into allegations of assault. While Bansal denies any wrongdoing and the investigators didn’t ...

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• 17 November

  Glut of Indian sugar hits London bourse after futures expiry

  

  Bloomberg A glut of sugar from India, the world’s second-largest producer, has hit the London exchange as traders sold the sweetener to settle the expiration of December futures. ED&F Man Holdings Ltd. took delivery of about 350,000 metric tons of white sugar, with Singapore-based trader Wilmar International Ltd. selling the majority, said people familiar with the process, who asked not ...

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• 17 November

  Volvo Polestar targets China as its fight with Tesla looms

  

  Bloomberg Volvo Cars’ performance electric-vehicle brand sees China as its greatest opportunity even as it’s set to face stiff competition from Tesla Inc. The unit, Polestar Performance AB, expects to get as much as half of its sales from the country after it rolls out three models by 2021, said Thomas Ingenlath, the brand’s global chief, at the Guangzhou auto ...

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• 17 November

  Jollibee Fried Chicken tempting homesick Filipinos

  

  Bloomberg Better watch out Kentucky Fried Chicken, Jollibee is planning to eat into your markets. Jollibee Foods Corp. wants to expand to 150 stores in the US in five years from 37 branches now, Chief Executive Officer Ernesto Tanmantiong said. The company also plans 100 additional stores in Canada as part of a push to land in the world’s top ...

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• 17 November

  China’s fight against smog makes palladium 2018’s best metal

  

  Bloomberg Palladium prices are shattering record highs, and investors are betting that tight supplies mean the bull run is just getting started. The metal, used in pollution-control devices in cars, has jumped almost 9 percent this year in New York, the best performance among major metals. Demand is roaring thanks to China, which is on a mission to reduce smog ...

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• 17 November

  Pence-Xi showdown at Apec shows US-China divide widens

  

  Bloomberg US Vice President Mike Pence traded sharp barbs with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in back-to-back speeches at a regional summit, showing that neither country appears to be giving ground in an escalating trade war. Xi received applause on Saturday when he told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Papua New Guinea that implementing tariffs and breaking up supply ...

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• 17 November

  California fires: PG&E crisis deepens with $12bn market wipeout

  

  Bloomberg The implications are unsettling: 15 minutes before a fire was reported among the trees north of Sacramento — the spark that would explode into the deadliest blaze in California history — a PG&E power line in the area went offline. A week later, at least 56 people have been found dead — and PG&E Corp is facing its gravest ...

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• 17 November

  Uber revenue slows as Q3 loss hits $1.1bn

  

  Bloomberg Uber’s sales are dramatically slowing even as the ride-hailing company is spending more to fuel global growth, particularly in its food delivery business. Revenue growth of 38 percent in the third quarter was almost half of what the growth rate was six months earlier, when the company was negotiating a $9.3 billion investment led by SoftBank Group Corp. That’s ...

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• 17 November

  European car sales slump in October

  

  Bloomberg European carmakers had another difficult month in October with car registrations slumping once more, putting to the test a fourth-quarter bounce-back forecast by Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG. Deliveries of new passenger cars slid 7.4 percent in the European Union and European Free Trade Association in October from a year earlier, compounding a 23 percent drop during September, according ...

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• 17 November

  After GE, investors are watching these debt-laden companies

  

  Bloomberg The good times are coming to an end in the corporate debt market, and the turmoil in General Electric Co (GE) credit is a sign that things can get much worse. That’s what a growing chorus of money managers are saying. About half of the $5 trillion market for investment-grade bonds now resides in the lowest tier of ratings. Many ...

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