September, 2018

• 15 September

  Europe to make up quarter of global wind power in 5 years

  

  Bloomberg Europe’s installed wind power capacity is seen ballooning to 258 gigawatts, or about a quarter of the world’s entire output, within five years. European wind project developers will install an average of 17 gigawatts of capacity, or the equivalent of 17 nuclear reactors, annually for the next half decade, lobby group Wind Europe said in its Outlook to 2022 ...

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• 15 September

  ‘Bankrupt’ Pakistan grid adds to PM’s economic quandary

  

  Bloomberg In Pakistan’s Tharpakar desert, Chinese and Pakistani workers toil in the blistering heat to complete the construction of a massive open pit coal mine and an adjacent 660 megawatt power plant four months before schedule. When Engro, one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, which is partnering with China, begins generating electricity from the plant in December it will hit a ...

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• 15 September

  India says solar safeguard duty imposed

  Bloomberg India’s finance ministry said a 25 percent safeguard duty on solar cells and modules imported from China and Malaysia has been imposed, providing some clarity on the protectionist move that had been caught up in court battles. The tariff will be imposed in accordance with a notification originally published on July 30, the finance ministry said. The development follows ...

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• 15 September

  Meituan raises $4.2bn in IPO

  

  Bloomberg Meituan Dianping raised about $4.2 billion after the Chinese food review and delivery giant priced its Hong Kong initial public offering near the top of a marketed range, according to people with knowledge of the matter. China’s second largest tech startup priced its sale of 480.27 million new Class B shares at HK$69 apiece, the people said, asking not ...

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• 15 September

  NIO’s wild ride may blaze trail for more US IPOs from China

  

  Bloomberg The party isn’t over for Chinese companies seeking US listings and NIO Inc., which almost doubled after two full days as a public company, might deserve credit for keeping the trade alive. After an underwhelming first day of trading on September 12, the surge in the Shanghai-based electric car maker suggests investors may continue to swarm around US listings ...

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• 15 September

  China’s home prices rise at fastest pace in two years

  Bloomberg China’s home prices rose at the fastest pace in almost two years in August, adding to the likelihood of more government tightening in the housing market. New-home prices gained 1.49 percent from the previous month, according to Bloomberg calculations based on data for 70 cities released by the National Bureau of Statistics. That compared with a 1.2 percent increase ...

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• 15 September

  Mangkhut unleashes fury on Philippines as it heads to China

  

  Bloomberg Super Typhoon Mangkhut battered the Philippines with gales and torrential rains, leaving at least three people dead and thousands homeless, triggering landslides and damaging an airport before heading towards China. The most powerful storm of the year ripped into Cagayan province in the northern Philippines with winds of up to 269 kilometres (167 miles) per hour. By US standards ...

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• 15 September

  VW preparing steps for truck unit listing

  

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG’s board is working towards a decision to list its heavy-truck division, a move that would generate fresh funds for its bid to challenge global leaders Daimler AG and Volvo AB, according to people familiar with the matter. VW’s supervisory board plans to discuss the matter early next week, and the truck unit will host a capital markets ...

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• 15 September

  Facebook CEO to testify in November in investor suit

  

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has to explain in court why he dropped a plan to create non-voting shares, which would’ve allowed him to retain control of the world’s largest social-media company after selling most of his stake to fund charitable works. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Travis Laster ordered Zuckerberg to testify on November 19 in a lawsuit brought ...

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• 15 September

  Blackstone seeks $18bn for biggest realty fund

  Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP expects to raise $18 billion for its biggest real estate fund ever. The firm, already the private equity industry’s largest real estate investor, will have a strategy similar to its last fund, investing in distressed properties globally, according to people with knowledge of the plans. Blackstone’s prior fund gathered $15.8 billion in 2015. Blackstone is seeking ...

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