BUSINESS
Tata steps up aviation reboot with Singapore Airlines deal
“India needs a high-quality, dependable long haul and ultra-long haul airline to meet the country’s air connectivity requirements,” CAPA Centre for Aviation said in a statement following the announcement that Vistara will merge with Air India. Singapore Airlines will invest $250 million for a 25% stake in the national carrier, which will become India’s second-biggest airline.
ECONOMY
World-topping $100 billion in remittances head to India in 2022
Highly-skilled Indian migrants living in wealthy nations such as the US, UK, and Singapore were sending more money home, according to a World Bank report
BUSINESS
Short tenure bonds hint that RBI rates may be near peak
Investors such as Quantum Asset Management Co. and Tata Asset Management Private are piling into debt with maturities of up to five years.
BUSINESS
Flipkart veteran building unified shopper identity across stores
The Indian startup created by engineer Ranjith Boyanapalli, a former executive at Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart, raised the funds from backers including Global Founders Capital Management and angel investors such as Binny Bansal and Sujeet Kumar.
BUSINESS
Godrej group to double oil palm plantations in six years
The group’s agriculture and chemicals arm Godrej Agrovet Ltd. will more than double the acreage of oil palm trees it manages over the next six years, Chairman Nadir Godrej said in an interview at the company’s headquarters in Mumbai.
BUSINESS
Investors want more of India, says Goldman Sach’s Santanu Sengupta
As investors chase markets with digital new economy assets, India has consistently attracted annual foreign direct investments of $50 billion to $55 billion, even in the pandemic, Sengupta said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat.
BUSINESS
Bollywood blockbusters, Hollywood hits expected to lure Indians back to cinemas
The release lineup for the next few months “is looking very good,” INOX Leisure Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Alok Tandon said, pointing to robust expectations for the recently released crime thriller Drishyam 2 and the upcoming Avatar sequel.
BUSINESS
Big tech has failed to live up to its promise
Technology firms may make up 36% of the S&P 500, but they represent only 0.3% of workers.
BUSINESS
Migrant workers face worse choices than building World Cup stadiums
Hundreds of construction projects across the United Arab Emirates stalled. And the workers were left stranded at home, work permits in hand.
BUSINESS
How Donald Trump could win the 2024 Republican nomination
The contest is now in full flight, even though only one candidate, Trump, has formally announced. In echoes of 2016, political observers have been debating whether Trump could capture the nomination with a relatively small share of the overall vote.
BUSINESS
GIP said to mull deal for infrastructure firm tower Vision India
The private equity firm has been sounding out financing for a potential deal that could value Tower Vision India at about $300 million to $400 million, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information.
BUSINESS
Adani fundraise targets retail buyers, allows discount pricing
The 200 billion rupee ($2.5 billion) equity sale via the further public offer mechanism, approved Friday, gives the company maximum flexibility, including pricing at a discount to target more investors, Chief Financial Officer Jugeshinder Singh said in an interview.
BUSINESS
GIFT City - India’s Free-Market Oasis - Looks to Take On Singapore And Dubai
In the state of Gujarat, just a few glass-fronted towers greet the 20,000 employees of companies such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HSBC Holdings Plc who commute in each weekday. Its full name is Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, but it’s more commonly known as GIFT City.
BUSINESS
Fosun said to mull sale of $3.6 Billion Gland Pharma
Fosun Pharma, a listed arm of Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd., has been working with an adviser as it informally gauges interest in its controlling stake in Gland, the people said.
BUSINESS
Ice cream binge prompts chocolatier Barry Callebaut to boost America's output
The Swiss company, which is little known to consumers, supplies ingredients to about one in every four chocolate and cocoa products consumed around the world.
MARKETS
Global yield curve inverts in signal a recession is brewing
The average yield on sovereign debt maturing in 10 years or more has fallen below that of securities due in one-to-three years
WORLD
China health, CDC officials to hold Covid briefing in Beijing
Representatives from the National Health Commission (NHC), National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will be speaking at the briefing, to be held at 3pm in Beijing, according to a statement from the NHC.
BUSINESS
Google Play fee suit by consumers grows to 21 million users
The consumer dispute is part of a sprawling antitrust fight that also includes complaints filed by attorneys general of almost three dozen states, Epic Games Inc., Match Group Inc. and a group of small app developers.
BUSINESS
iPhone Pro wait times hit new peak after factory disruptions
Customers buying Apple’s most premium devices in the US this year can now expect to wait as long as 37 days, according to Counterpoint Research, which monitors delivery times every year.
SPORTS-TRENDS
FIFA fans without masks pose dilemma for Chinese TV
Footage reviewed by Bloomberg News and shared on social media appear to show state broadcaster China Central Television pulling back on footage of the stadium crowds compared to other international networks.
BUSINESS
Musk threatens war with Apple, jeopardizing vital relationship
The billionaire attacked the iPhone maker with a flurry of tweets Monday, saying the company had cut its Twitter advertising and threatened to bump the social network from Apple’s app store.
BUSINESS
Looming S&P 500 bear case sees 15% drop on Fed balance-sheet unwind
While rate increases get all the blame for this year’s bear market, an analysis by Morgan Stanley’s sales and trading team suggests the balance-sheet procedures have had more sway on equities in 2022, explaining virtually all their twists and turns.
COMMODITIES
China’s Covid curbs to upend commodities demand in peak season
It’s a bleaker outlook for prices that runs counter to earlier optimism that China was preparing to exit the worst of its virus controls, after the government released a 20-point plan earlier this month refining its Covid Zero policies
BUSINESS
Singapore government faces parliament grilling over FTX fallout
The FTX exchange collapsed into bankruptcy on Nov. 11 and there are questions about whether the platform misappropriated customer funds for use by sister trading house Alameda Research.
