Volkswagen AG (VW) said on Friday it has agreed to invest 2.1 billion euros ($2.33 billion) in two separate Chinese electric vehicle players, upping its bet on the world’s biggest auto market as international rivals seek to muscle in.
SoftBank Vision Fund’s head, Rajeev Misra, saw his total pay for the past business year more than double to roughly $15 million, even as the fund’s underperformance pushed SoftBank to a record operating loss of some $13 billion.
Volkswagen AG (VW) said on Friday it has agreed to invest 2.1 billion euros ($2.33 billion) in two separate Chinese electric vehicle players, upping its bet on the world’s biggest auto market as international rivals seek to muscle in.
Asia’s stock markets pulled back and major currencies were held in check on Friday, as investors await the U.S. response to China tightening control over the city of Hong Kong.
Global travel disruptions are the top concern for American businesses in China, of which many are cutting compensation and bonuses amid the fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a report from a business group.
The spotlight Friday will be on the U.S. economy when the Bureau of Economic Analysis released April personal income and spending data. …read more […]
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC Motors) said on Friday that German automaker Volkswagen AG agreed to buy 50% of its parent company Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Holding.
The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID-19 called on Thursday for the plant’s immediate closure, saying measures to control the outbreak were not working.
Oil prices edged lower on Friday after U.S. inventory data showed lacklustre fuel demand in the world’s largest oil consumer while worsening U.S.-China tensions weighed on global financial markets.
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street giants such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have tens of billions of dollars at stake in China as political tension risks derailing the nation’s opening of its $45 trillion financial market.Five big U.S. banks had a combined $70.8 billion of exposure to China in 2019, with JPMorgan alone plowing $19.2 billion into lending, trading and investing. That’s a 10% increase from 2018.While their assets in the country are comparatively small, they have big expansion plans there that may come undone if financial services firms are dragged into the tit-for-tat between the …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Oil is heading for the biggest monthly advance on record as deep supply cuts trim a global glut and easing lockdown restrictions boost fuel consumption after a virus-driven crash.Futures in New York are trading above $33 a barrel, up almost 80% this month for the biggest gain in data going back more than three decades. OPEC+ has pledged to reduce output by about 10 million barrels a day, but the market will be watching for any change when the coalition meets in early June after Russia signaled it would scale back curbs in line with the deal. There …read more […]
A U.S. judge on Thursday said institutional investors, including BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment Management Co, can pursue much of their lawsuit accusing 15 major banks of rigging prices in the $6.6 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan said the nearly 1,300 plaintiffs, including many mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, plausibly alleged that the banks conspired to rig currency benchmarks from 2003 to 2013 and profit at their expense. “This is an injury of the type the antitrust laws were intended to prevent,” Schofield wrote in a 40-page decision. …read more […]
A U.S. judge on Thursday said institutional investors, including BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment Management Co, can pursue much of their lawsuit accusing 15 major banks of rigging prices in the $6.6 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.
Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it will temporarily close an Iowa pork plant due to the coronavirus pandemic, a month after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered slaughterhouses to stay open to protect the country’s food supply.
Asian shares were set to dip in choppy trade on Friday as worries about worsening U.S.-China ties offset the fillip from hopes massive government stimulus can jump-start the world economy.
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