July, 2017

• 23 July

  India to create state oil giant in $4.6bn deal

  

  Bloomberg India approved the sale of a stake in state-run refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. to the country’s biggest oil and gas explorer, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The move fulfills a plan, first outlined in February, to create an Indian oil giant through consolidation and mergers, forming a company comparable with international rivals that could weather ...

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• 23 July

  Sempra field to open 2 yrs after biggest gas leak

  

  Bloomberg Almost two years after the biggest gas leak in US history sprung from a Sempra Energy natural gas storage field in Southern California, the state is ready for the complex to reopen. Sempra Energy’s Aliso Canyon field near Los Angeles is safe to operate at about 28 percent of capacity, with the ability to store as much as 23.6 ...

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• 23 July

  Suzlon climbs as India sets more wind energy tenders

  

  Bloomberg India set out plans to step up the pace of issuing contracts for electricity from wind farms, triggering a surge in the shares of one of the nation’s biggest maker of turbines. Suzlon Energy Ltd. climbed 3.5 percent in Mumbai after the government said it will tender more than 5 gigawatts of wind projects annually, a pace that will ...

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• 23 July

  Total in talks with Myanmar to build LNG power plant

  Bloomberg Total SA is in talks with Myanmar to supply the country’s most populous city, Yangon, with liquefied natural gas. The French energy giant may also build a power plant, according to Xavier Preel, general manager of Total E&P Myanmar. Total, which sold about 11 million tons of LNG last year, is seeking to expand its footprint in downstream activities ...

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• 23 July

  Najib eyes Malaysian farmer votes with bigger aid package

  

  Bloomberg Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak raised the stakes in his efforts to secure the votes of palm oil farmers, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid ahead of an election that could come within months. Farmers who come under the auspices of the Federal Land Development Authority, or Felda, will get cash handouts from the end of August, ...

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• 23 July

  China’s diesel, gasoline exports surge to ease domestic supply glut

  

  Bloomberg China’s diesel and gasoline exports surged in the first half of the year as a domestic supply glut and slowing demand growth prompted refiners to sell more fuel abroad. Diesel shipments jumped almost 21 percent in the first six months compared to the same period a year ago, averaging about 328,500 barrels a day, according to Bloomberg calculations based ...

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• 23 July

  China wealth management products threaten bonds

  

  Bloomberg China’s most popular savings products have become a battleground for the nation’s smaller banks, which are competing for funds in a market that’s drawing increasing scrutiny from national policy makers. Whatever the result, one of the main casualties is set to be the domestic bond market. The accounts known as wealth management products, offering lesser-regulated returns that beat the ...

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• 23 July

  Lenovo’s CEO vows to hit online sales target, or quit

  

  Bloomberg Lenovo Group Ltd.’s Yang Yuanqing asked for patience as he tries to get China’s top PC maker growing once more, but for the first time publicly vowed to step down as chairman and chief executive if he doesn’t deliver on a critical sales goal. Yang, who helped grow Lenovo into the world’s largest PC maker but also orchestrated the ...

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• 23 July

  Japan returns to trade surplus in June over export growth

  Bloomberg Japanese trade returned to surplus in June, with both imports and exports continuing the strong growth they have had all year. Exports rose 9.7% from a year earlier (estimate 9.5%). Imports increased 15.5% (estimate 14.4% ). The trade surplus was 439.9 billion yen (estimate +488 billion yen). The nation’s modest economic recovery reflected in the trade data and the ...

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• 23 July

  SAP lifts sales outlook, buying back stock on cloud growth

  

  Bloomberg Software giant SAP SE raised its annual revenue outlook and said it would buy back up to a half billion dollars in stock after reporting a better-than-expected jump in sales, lifted by a revamped version of its flagship software. The German maker of applications that run businesses’ finances, manufacturing and personnel is projecting sales of 23.3 billion euros ($26.8 ...

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