June, 2018

• 3 June

  Trump duties help double US solar capacity

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump wanted more US solar manufacturing — and now he’s getting it. Hanwha Q Cells Korea said it will build a factory in Georgia. JinkoSolar Holding Co. of China is planning one in Florida. And US companies SunPower Corp. and First Solar Inc. say they’ll boost production in Oregon and Ohio. The expansion underscores how immediate the ...

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• 3 June

  As Trump confronts China on trade, Taiwan tensions build

  

  Bloomberg Even as defense ministers and military chiefs meeting in Singapore called out China for parking missiles on outposts in the disputed South China Sea, a bigger potential China-related hot spot looms. Concern about Taiwan — and recent sparring between Beijing and Washington over the democratically run island — percolated discussions at the annual IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, which was otherwise ...

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• 3 June

  South Korea exports rebound as chip shipments hit record

  

  Bloomberg South Korea’s exports rebounded in May following a surprise contraction in April as shipments of semiconductors hit a record high, a positive sign for global growth. Exports rose 13.5 percent in May from a year earlier, while imports jumped 12.6 percent, leaving a trade surplus of $6.73 billion. South Korea releases its trade data earlier than most other major ...

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• 3 June

  S’pore’s biggest property broker plans $30mn IPO

  Bloomberg PropNex Realty Pte, Singapore’s biggest property broker, plans to seek about S$40 million ($30 million) from a proposed Singapore initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company is targeting a market capitalisation of as much as S$250 million, the people said, asking not to be identified as the deliberations are private. PropNex is considering launching ...

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• 3 June

  Samsung plans camera revamp for Note 9 launch

  

  Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. plans to highlight an upgraded camera when it unveils its next Galaxy Note smartphone on August 9, according to people familiar with the matter. The new model, likely to be called the Note 9, will look similar to last year’s model, but will also include an upgraded processor from Qualcomm Inc. for some markets, the people ...

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• 3 June

  After $32bn rally, TCS CEO sees path to even faster growth

  

  Bloomberg These are challenging times for India’s technology-services industry. Growth has slowed. Profits are pinched. Layoffs, once unheard of, are commonplace. Many of the businesses’s own leaders think its best days are in the past. Rajesh Gopinathan is not one of them. The chief executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. argues the industry’s opportunities today are bigger than they’ve ...

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• 3 June

  US allies hit back as Trump revokes steel tariff reprieve

  

  Bloomberg America’s closest allies plan to slap billions of dollars in tit-for-tat tariffs on US goods after the Trump administration announced it’s imposing steel and aluminum duties on them. The reaction was swift after Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the US will levy new metals duties on imports from the European Union, Mexico and Canada on national security grounds, ending ...

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• 3 June

  Fiat Chrysler to form US finance business

  

  Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV plans to form its own financing business in the US and has started discussions with partner Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., which it has an option to buy out. That would allow Fiat Chrysler to “participate more fully in capturing value from emerging platforms,” Chief Financial Officer Richard Palmer said in a presentation near Turin, ...

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• 3 June

  UK economy risks being hit by Brexit worry

  

  Bloomberg British consumers are worried about prospects for the economy with Brexit on the horizon, and that could spark a shift in behaviour that drags even more on growth. Households have driven expansion for more than a year, but only because they saved less to keep up spending during 2017’s inflation surge. They may be less willing to do so ...

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• 3 June

  Mexican business can pitch employees on candidates

  Bloomberg Mexican businessmen aren’t breaking any laws when they ask their employees to not vote for a certain candidate, according to Lorenzo Cordova, head of Mexico’s electoral regulator. If and when any of these activities turn illegal, the National Electoral Institute will act accordingly, the newspaper Reforma reported, citing remarks by Cordova. As long as no laws are broken, their ...

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