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  Bloomberg A group of creditors to Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, has asked the company to immediately repay part of a $1.2 billion loan they recently bought into as they renegotiate terms of the debt, according to people familiar with the matter. The lenders have hired Houlihan Lokey Inc to advise them on amending covenants after the edtech titan ...

  Bloomberg Food delivery unicorn Line Man Wongnai is in talks to acquire Delivery Hero SE’s Foodpanda in Thailand as it plans for a stock-market debut in the next few years, according to people familiar with the discussions. Bangkok-based Line Man Wongnai considered a deal at around $100 million at one point, but the value is likely to have changed ...

  Bloomberg Japan is set to increase the annual limit on tax-free investment accounts aimed at the middle classes and raise taxes on ultra-wealthy individuals, as PM Fumio Kishida pursues his agenda of fairer distribution of the fruits of growth. The revamped NISA tax-exempt system will expand the amount that people may invest over a lifetime to Â¥18 million ($131,000), ...

  Bloomberg GoTo Group jumped by the most since May as some brokers upgraded the battered stock following weeks of sharp selloff. The Indonesian ride-hailing and e-commerce provider surged 15% to 100 rupiah, snapping 16 straight sessions of losses. Trading volume also soared to about 30 times its three-month average. Even with the latest gain, the stock has plunged more ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to tackle the UK’s swelling backlog of asylum claims including making it harder for arrivals from Albania to stay in Britain. The premier unveiled a five-point plan to bear down on what he called “illegal migration,” saying it’s “unfair” that people enter Britain “illegally,” because it takes capacity away from processing “genuine” claims. ...

  Bloomberg China’s military sent its biggest daily sortie of bombers into the Taiwan Strait in at least two years, in apparent show of displeasure over a visit by a key member of Japan’s ruling party. The 18 H-6 strategic bombers — the most in Bloomberg-compiled data going back to September 2020 — were part of a sortie of 29 ...

  Bloomberg Indian and Chinese troops clashed in the northeast Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh, India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament, officially confirming the first such encounter between the neighbours in about two years. Troops from both sides “exchanged blows” after hundreds of Chinese soldiers transgressed into India’s side of the boundary, Singh said. India has raised the ...

  Bloomberg Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police in Brazil’s capital after an indigenous leader who sought to stop the certification of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was arrested by determination of a top court justice. TV footage showed cars and buses on fire in Brasilia, and police trying to disperse protesters in different parts of the city ...

Bloomberg The violent chaos roiling Peru spread after President Dina Boluarte’s call for early elections failed to calm demonstrators protesting against her five-day old government. Crowds blocked highways and massed in city centers in several regions of the Andean nation, and at least four people were killed as security forces tried to reimpose order, according to the Health Ministry. Demonstrations ...

Bloomberg Estonia’s top diplomat called for the “complete isolation” of Russia’s financial system and an oil-price cap that would cripple the nation’s energy producers, extending punitive measures to cover the whole economy. Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, who has been among the most outspoken EU officials in calling for the bloc to help Ukraine defend itself against the invasion, said the ...