October, 2017

• 23 October

  Seen from space, China’s oil demand looks strong

  Bloomberg The crude market may be underestimating China’s oil demand. Storage data gathered by satellite implies the amount of crude China is putting into storage is below what can be extrapolated from the nation’s customs and production data, Barclays Plc analysts wrote in a note. That means it may be consuming more oil than official data indicate and that the ...

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• 23 October

  Bangladesh inks gasoil import deal with India

  DHAKA / Reuters Bangladesh signed a long-term sales and purchase agreement with an Indian refiner to import gasoil to meet the country’s energy demand, officials said. The deal between Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) was signed in presence of India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrived in Dhaka on Sunday on a two-day visit to ...

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• 23 October

  US drillers see Mexico as next Panama Canal for fuel transport

  

  Bloomberg Since the first shale gas export terminal opened in Louisiana last year, America’s drillers have seen at least 75 cargoes of their fuel sail through the Panama Canal bound for markets in Asia. Now they’re looking for a cheaper and quicker route. And they’ve turned to Mexico for help. Aldo Flores, Mexico’s deputy energy secretary, said that the government’s ...

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• 23 October

  Auto suppliers buoyed by report Tesla to fully own China plant

  

  Bloomberg Auto-parts suppliers shares jumped in Asian trading after Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla Inc. reached an agreement with Shanghai’s government to build a fully owned manufacturing facility in the city’s free trade zone. “As far as I know, there is no such agreement,” Guo Lei, an official at Shanghai’s Economy and Information Technology Commission who is in charge ...

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• 23 October

  Toshiba sees 110bn yen loss on tax impact of chip sale

  Bloomberg Toshiba Corp. forecast an annual net loss of $968 million on the tax impact of selling its memory chip division to a group led by Bain Capital. The Tokyo-based company revised its forecast from an earlier estimate of 230 billion in net income, according to a statement. The company left its operating profit and sales forecasts for the year ...

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• 23 October

  Singapore to stop adding cars to city from February 2018 onwards

  

  Bloomberg Singapore, among the world’s most expensive places to own a vehicle, will stop increasing the total number of cars on its roads next year. The government will cut the annual growth rate for cars and motorcycles to zero from 0.25 percent starting in February, the transport regulator said. “In view of land constraints and competing needs, there is limited ...

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• 23 October

  Haier opens Israel hub to find smart home startups

  Bloomberg Haier Electronics Group Co. opened its first office in Israel this week, expanding its search for smart home technologies. “The decision to open an innovation center is fully aligned with Haier’s strategy: the world is our lab,” said Mr. Wang Ye, vice president and general manager of the Advanced Innovation Center in Haier’s appliance group. Not only will the ...

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• 23 October

  HelloFresh targets $1.8 billion IPO valuation amid food wars

  

  ­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg HelloFresh, the meal-kit startup backed by Rocket Internet SE, is targeting a market valuation of as much as 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in an initial public offering this week, the company said in a statement. The company, which sells meal kits in 10 markets and remains unprofitable, set a price range of 9 to 11.50 euros a share. ...

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• 23 October

  Cisco Systems buys software maker BroadSoft for $1.9bn

  

  Bloomberg Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy BroadSoft Inc. for about $1.9 billion to expand further into software and cloud services. The $55-a-share cash offer announced on Monday is a 28 percent premium over BroadSoft’s closing price on August 29, a day before Reuters reported that the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company was working with bankers to pursue a possible sale. The ...

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• 23 October

  Macron wants to teach the French to love their private firms

  

  Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to change French culture to make the population less instinctively hostile to private enterprise. “I’m struck by the difference of the reality of life in companies and the way they are perceived in public discourse—especially by politicians,” Stanislas Guerini, a lawmaker in Macron’s Republic En Marche party, said. “There is often a black and ...

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