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Concerns over Lenovo Group Ltd.’s financial outlook have brought new scrutiny to the Chinese maker of computers, servers and smartphones. Its stock dropped 5.7% on February 26 in Hong Kong, the fourth straight decline, after a tweet from short-seller Muddy Waters referenced a recent report by Bucephalus Research Partners Ltd. That piece highlighted a series of issues it had with ...

Bloomberg US regulators have told Boeing Co that pilots may require additional training to properly respond to emergencies on the 737 Max after airline crews failed to perform proper procedures in simulator tests. In a February 19 letter to Boeing reviewed by Bloomberg News, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) detailed multiple missteps that airline crews had made in the December ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong retail sales by value tumbled again in January, entering a 12-month losing streak after a Lunar New Year holiday interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak and amid months of anti-Beijing protests. Retail sales by value fell 21.4% in January from a year earlier, extending a run of declines that started in February, the longest downward trajectory in three ...

Bloomberg Mr DIY Group, Malaysia’s biggest home improvement retailer, is considering postponing its planned initial public offering after the country’s equities market tumbled on political uncertainty, according to people familiar with the matter. The company will finalise a decision on the share sale plan as soon as this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the ...

Bloomberg In the three years since becoming an agent for mobile e-commerce company Copia Global Inc, Samuel Kihara has boosted revenue at his general store fivefold, opened a second shop, bought land and a truck and moved his children to private school. “The commissions I earn as a Copia agent have been my working capital,” Kihara, 48, said as he ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Banks Federation (UBF), on Sunday announced that it has launched two new technical committees (Fintech and Consumer Protection) and three advisory committees (Compliance, Risk, and Information Security) to promote the growth and transformation of the UAE banking sector. As the official representative body of the UAE banking industry, the federation introduced the new committees ...

Bloomberg Russia is ready to cooperate with its Opec+ partners to support the world oil market, even though it’s comfortable with current crude prices, President Vladimir Putin said. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)+ mechanism “has already established itself as an effective tool in ensuring long-term stability in global energy markets,” Putin told a meeting with ministers in ...

Dubai / WAM Nasdaq Dubai welcomed the listing of a $2 billion sukuk by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), a multilateral lender which finances development across its 57 member countries. The five-year sukuk is the largest by value to be listed on the exchange by IsDB, Nasdaq Dubai said in a press statement on Sunday. The bank said it was ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and Mashreq on Sunday announced the region’s first blockchain data sharing platform, now in production, to support licenced businesses and corporations instantly opening digital bank accounts. Continuing the association formed in July 2019 between DIFC and Mashreq, an initiative, Know Your Customer (KYC), along with the DIFC incubated FinTech firm, norbloc, ...

Bloomberg China’s economy could be heading for a worse-than-expected first-quarter contraction after the country’s manufacturing sector reported activity was at a record low in February due to the coronavirus outbreak. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) plunged to 35.7 in February from 50 the previous month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. Even before ...