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Bloomberg The booming market for liquefied natural gas can weather an escalating US-China trade war. But the risks are mounting. So far, LNG has been left off the growing list of tit-for-tat tariffs. If that changes, prices will rise and deter buyers just when new markets for the fuel are opening up, according to Paul Wogan, the chief executive officer ...

Bloomberg India’s plan to cut imports of Chinese solar cells and modules by imposing a safeguard duty may have the opposite effect in the short run, according to ICBC International Research Ltd. Stockpiles could rise rapidly as Indian developers hoard more modules before the proposal to impose a 25 percent safeguard tariff is expected to take effect in the next ...

Bloomberg US and European stocks dropped on Monday as investors digested warnings from the world’s financial leaders about the impact of protectionism on growth. Oil climbed amid tension between the US and Iran. The S&P 500 Index declined, pulled down by tech and industrial shares. Treasuries slipped while the dollar held steady. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index edged lower after ...

Bloomberg Indian stocks advanced to a record after India slashed taxes on a slew of products and Prime Minister Narendra Modi defeated a no-confidence vote in the Parliament. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.6 percent to 36,718.60 in Mumbai. State and federal lawmakers cut goods and services taxes on more than 50 products, while the defeat of the opposition-led motion ...

Bloomberg European equities retreated at the open as Fiat dropped on the news of a change in chief executive and as investors considered President Donald Trump’s new tariff threats. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.3 percent, with the automakers and travel sectors pacing the retreat. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV fell 4 percent after Mike Manley was named CEO to ...

Bloomberg India’s move to slash levies on more than 50 goods will lower revenue by as much as $2.2 billion each year and is raising the prospect of the country missing budget goals again this year. A panel of federal and state finance ministers cut the goods and services tax on items from washing machines and lithium ion batteries to ...

Bloomberg Megvii Inc., the Chinese developer of facial recognition system Face++, is said to be raising at least $600 million from investors including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Boyu Capital, according to people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company, which already counts billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial and one of China’s largest state-backed venture funds as investors, will close ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called on lawmakers to pass legislation that will help cool the fastest inflation in five years and spread wealth and power beyond the capital region. In his annual address to Congress, Duterte asked both chambers to prioritise the measure that will remove caps on rice imports to augment supply and cut the price by as ...

Bloomberg China’s battle to cut notorious air-pollution levels is hurting sales of air purifiers by Royal Philips NV. Revenue from the machines that capture harmful fine particles in homes dropped by a high-single-digit amount in China, in the second quarter, the Dutch maker of hospital scanners and medical gear said in a statement. That left distributors scrambling to adjust inventories. ...

Bloomberg Senegal’s decision to become the first African country on the Atlantic coast to sign up to the Belt and Road Initiative shows how quickly the transport network project connecting China by land and sea to Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa is expanding. Lending by China to Africa rose to about $12 billion in 2015 from little more ...