December, 2017

• 9 December

  Uber loses another operating license in England’s Sheffield

  

  Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. has had its operating license suspended in Sheffield, the fourth-largest city in England. The local council said the suspension followed a failure by the ride-hailing company to respond to requests about the firm’s management, and that it can’t provide services in the city after December 18. “If it chooses to appeal this suspension it can continue ...

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• 9 December

  Puerto Rico waits for $4.9bn from US Treasury

  Bloomberg Over two months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s government still hasn’t received any of the $4.9 billion of short-term loans promised in the storm aid package Congress passed at the end of October. Christian Sobrino, the governor’s representative on the island’s federal oversight board, confirmed that no Puerto Rican entity has received any portion of the ...

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• 9 December

  Ford to move electric SUV production from Michigan to Mexico

  

  Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is changing gears again in Mexico, shifting planned production of a small electric-powered sport utility vehicle to a plant south of the border instead of a Michigan factory. Sending the electric vehicle to Mexico, where labour costs are lower, will help the business case for the costly model. It also risks raising the ire of President ...

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• 9 December

  Russia offers to sell gas to Saudi from Yamal LNG

  

  SABETTA / Reuters President Vladimir Putin said that Russia was ready to sell gas to Saudi Arabia after he launched the first loading of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Novatek-led Yamal LNG project in the Arctic. Russia is the world’s biggest gas producer, but most of its exports are via pipeline rather than LNG, a super-cooled fuel that can ...

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• 9 December

  Oil jumps as China demand brightens global outlook

  

  Bloomberg Crude edged higher as near-record Chinese orders for foreign crude signaled stronger demand in the world’s second-largest economy. Futures climbed 1.2 percent in New York. A rebound in China’s crude imports last month from a one-year low defused some of the pessimism among investors fanned by a US government report earlier this week showing bearish increases in fuel inventories ...

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• 9 December

  GE’s job cuts highlight shift to renewables

  

  Bloomberg After spending years building up its gas-power business, General Electric Co. is trying to figure out how to keep pace in a world that’s no longer all that interested in fossil fuels. The plan to cut 12,000 jobs, or almost one-fifth of the power division’s global workforce, underscores GE’s bad bet on an old-school industry as natural gas loses ...

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• 9 December

  Cheniere turns to Obama official in clean gas push

  Bloomberg Cheniere Energy Inc., looking to help global customers meet climate goals under the Paris Accord, is turning to a former Obama administration energy expert as it expands its liquified natural gas exports. Christopher Smith, who helped develop the US Energy Department’s so-called life cycle emissions analysis for natural gas and coal, has joined Cheniere’s Washington office. The analysis was ...

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• 9 December

  Next US crude export surge may start at a lonely gulf buoy

  

  Bloomberg A 1,000-foot ship will likely pull up to a buoy floating in the Gulf of Mexico next year, hook up its hoses and usher the US into a new era as a major oil exporter. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which already handles imports from similar large ships known as Very Large Crude Carriers, or VLCCs, will likely be ...

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• 9 December

  Alibaba to invest $200mn in Indian online grocer Bigbasket

  

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s e-commerce giant, plans to invest about $200 million in India’s largest online supermarket, Bigbasket, leading a $280 million funding round in the startup, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Alibaba is taking a stake of about 25 percent in Bigbasket after months of negotiations, said the people, asking not to be identified because ...

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• 9 December

  Bain to spend $900mn to buy ad companies in Asia

  Bloomberg Bain Capital LP said it is prepared to spend about $900 million or more to acquire digital advertising companies in Asia as it revamps Japan’s No. 3 agency to better compete with rivals like Dentsu Inc. The Boston-based private equity firm acquired 87 percent of shares in Asatsu-DK Inc., in a tender offer, the companies said in statements. Bain ...

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