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  Bloomberg China’s Qingdao Doublestar Co. said it has signed an agreement with Kumho Tire creditors to buy a 42 percent stake in the South Korean tiremaker in a deal that could enable Doublestar to further expand in China. The deal, worth 955 billion won, or about $830 million, could help turn Doublestar into China’s largest tiremaker if it can ...

  Bloomberg Whether you look at prices or policy, the property markets in Singapore and Hong Kong are marching resolutely in opposite directions. Singapore has eased some rules in its property market, after more than three years of home price declines. Hong Kong in November tightened some restrictions, after prices rallied following a short-lived dip last year. The curbs in ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s securities regulator is investigating CCB International Holdings Ltd., the No. 2 underwriter of initial public offerings in the city last year, for its role advising a Chinese seafood supplier on now-scrapped listing plans, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Securities and Futures Commission has been interviewing staff of the Chinese investment bank and ...

  Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. will begin producing its upscale Lincoln brand in China by late 2019 after sales almost tripled last year, joining the ranks of automakers localizing production to avoid import taxes in the world’s largest auto market. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will build an all-new SUV model with joint venture partner Changan Automobile Group in the city ...

  Bloomberg Wall Street speculators are zeroing in on the next US credit crisis: the mall. It’s no secret many mall complexes have been struggling for years as Americans do more of their shopping online. But now, they’re catching the eye of hedge-fund types who think some may soon buckle under their debts, much the way many homeowners did nearly ...

  Bloomberg Bovis Homes Group Plc jumped the most in eight months in London trading after the UK homebuilder said it’s in talks to be bought by competitor Galliford Try Plc. Bovis said that talks are ongoing with Galliford Try after it rejected an offer from the company. It ended discussions with Redrow Plc over an earlier bid. The stock ...

  Bloomberg John Wood Group Plc agreed to acquire Amec Foster Wheeler Plc in an all-share deal that values the UK engineering-service provider at about 2.23 billion pounds ($2.7 billion). The shares of both companies surged. The takeover comes after several years of pressure on profits for service providers in the energy industry as the slide in oil prices forced ...

  Bloomberg More London home sellers are having to cut the asking price of their homes, and they’re offering deeper discounts as political uncertainty and high values dampen demand. “Price cuts seen in prime central London in the immediate aftermath of Brexit are now filtering through to outer boroughs,” said Savills Plc residential research director Lucian Cook. “Affordability issues are ...

  Bloomberg Vista Equity Partners LLC agreed to buy DH Corp. in a deal that values the Canadian financial services provider at about C$2.73 billion ($2.03 billion), aiming to create a financial technology powerhouse by combining it with Misys Ltd. Vista will pay C$25.50 a share in cash, according to a statement on Monday. Including debt, the transaction for the ...

  MEXICO CITY / AP On February 19, 2016, at a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, then-candidate Donald Trump gave a stump speech in which he railed against American jobs moving to Mexico: “We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work,” he said. “We get nothing.” That same day a law firm ...