December, 2017

• 18 December

  Big data, bullet train deals drive India-Japan strategic ties ahead

  

  Bloomberg Many of the cargo containers passing through India’s busiest port in Mumbai have a small piece of Japan Inc. attached: Devices from NEC Corp. that can be tracked as the containers rumble through the interior of Asia’s third-largest economy. The partnership between NEC and the port illustrates the strengthening relationship between Tokyo and New Delhi. Japan is seeking growth ...

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• 18 December

  Adani cancels $1.5bn mine-building deal after funding woes

  Bloomberg Adani Enterprises Ltd. will build Australia’s largest coal mine by itself after canceling a planned $1.5 billion deal with Australia’s Downer EDI Ltd. to help construct the Carmichael project in Queensland state. Adani and Downer mutually agreed to cancel all letters of award for work on the mine first made three years ago, Adani’s Australian unit said. The decision ...

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• 18 December

  China’s home prices across smaller cities warm up

  Bloomberg China’s home prices are warming up in the nation’s smaller cities, even as the government prolongs a campaign to rein in speculation and control bubbles. New-home price gains are picking up the most in the third-tier cities, rising 0.46 percent in November on a month-on-month basis, according to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations based on government data tracking 70 cities. The ...

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• 18 December

  Vietnam coffee trade slows as buyers bet on bigger discounts

  

  Bloomberg Coffee trading is slowing in Vietnam, the top robusta producer, on expectations that a larger harvest and changes to the London futures contract next year will give buyers bigger discounts. Roasters and traders are delaying purchases on bets that a bigger crop currently being gathered will push prices lower, according to traders attending the Asia International Coffee Conference in ...

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• 18 December

  Singapore chip firm Global A&T files for bankruptcy

  Bloomberg Global A&T Electronics, a Singapore-based chip assembler that took on hefty debt a decade ago through a buyout by TPG Capital and Affinity Equity Partners, filed for bankruptcy as a 2013 debt exchange came back to haunt it. The chip-assembler listed debt of more than $1 billion and assets of over $500 million in Chapter 11 papers filed in ...

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• 18 December

  China plans to stop local subsidies for electric cars

  Bloomberg China is planning to tell local governments to stop offering subsidies for electric cars and other new-energy vehicles, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could undermine demand for autos made by companies including BYD Co. and BAIC Motor Corp. The Ministry of Finance is working on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the ...

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• 18 December

  British PM risks Brexit row over migration, trade

  

  Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May will set out her plan for how a proposed Brexit transition period will work, stoking a potential new row with the European Union as she tries to keep different factions inside the Conservative Party on her side. May was expected to address Parliament around 3.30 pm London time on Monday, saying that after March ...

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• 18 December

  London property market shines as sales climb

  

  Bloomberg Prime London property has had a tough year, but there are signs that the slump is easing. The capital’s three most expensive boroughs—the City of Westminster, Camden, and Kensington and Chelsea—each saw sales jump by more than 20 percent in the third quarter from the same period in 2016, according to a report from LSL Acadata. The year-earlier period ...

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• 18 December

  Oracle to buy Aconex for $1.19 billion

  

  Bloomberg Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Aconex Ltd., an Australian company that makes cloud-based collaboration software for construction projects, for $1.19 billion cash as it pushes deeper in to new markets to gain more customers. The deal values Aconex at A $7.80 per share. Aconex shares surged 44 percent to A$7.63 at 11:09 am in Sydney trading. Oracle has been ...

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• 18 December

  China’s top phone makers to challenge Apple on home turf

  

  Bloomberg China’s top smartphone makers are ready to challenge Apple Inc. on its home turf after trouncing the iPhone maker in their own market. Huawei Technologies Co. and Xiaomi Corp. are in talks with US wireless operators about selling flagship smartphones to American consumers as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The handset makers are ...

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