Tag: ASXPAC
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U.S. battery sourcing guidelines to cut some EV tax credits — official
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – The long-awaited guidance from the US Treasury Department regarding battery procurement requirements for electric vehicle tax credits expected by Friday will result in fewer vehicles receiving full or partial credits, a US official told Reuters. In December, the Treasury Department decided not to release its proposed battery procurement guidelines until […]
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Shares gain because bank support encourages investors
MSCI All-World index up 0.3%, dollar falls UBS rehires Ermotti as head of the merged unit Alibaba up 13%, other Chinese tech stocks up Oil rises, gold falls LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – Global stocks rose on Wednesday as investors took heart from greater levels of stability in the banking sector, but the sense of […]
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Alibaba’s break-up plan raises hopes that China’s crackdown on technology will come to an end
March 29 (Reuters) – Shares in Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and other leading Chinese tech companies rose on Wednesday as investors hailed an unprecedented revamp of the Jack Ma-founded company as the beginning of the end of Beijing’s crackdown on the sector. Alibaba said Tuesday it planned to split into six units and explore fundraising or […]
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Alibaba splits empire into six units, aims for IPOs
March 28 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group (9988.HK) plans to split its business into six main units, from e-commerce to cloud in the largest restructuring in its 24-year history, five of which it says are fundraising whether to explore IPOs. The six units are Cloud Intelligence Group, Taobao Tmall Commerce Group, Local Services Group, Cainiao Smart […]
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St. Louis is suing Hyundai and Kia for auto theft, joining other US cities
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – The city of St. Louis, Missouri, said Monday it is joining several major US cities in suing Korean automakers Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and Kia Corp (000270.KS) over the not installing anti-theft technology in millions of their vehicles. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Missouri follows similar actions by […]
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Research shows that China has spent $240 billion on bailing out Belt & Road countries
JOHANNESBURG, March 28 (Reuters) – China has spent $240 billion between 2008 and 2021 to bail out 22 developing countries, with the amount soaring in recent years as more people have struggled to repay loans spent on building of “Belt & Road” infrastructure, according to a study published Tuesday. Nearly 80% of bailout loans were […]
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Stocks rise, US Treasury yields rise as bank fears ease
HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) – Global stocks and US bond yields rose on Tuesday, as a US regulator-backed deal by First Citizens BancShares to buy the failed Silicon Valley Bank allayed wider concerns about problems in the sector. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was up 0.3% by early morning in […]
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US and Japan sign trade deal on battery minerals for electric vehicles
WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Tuesday announced a trade deal on battery minerals for electric vehicles that is essential to strengthening their battery supply chains and giving Japanese automakers wider access to a new $7,500 US EV tax credit. The swiftly negotiated agreement prohibits the two countries from imposing […]
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China’s industrial earnings slump is deepening amid weak demand and high costs
China Jan-Feb Industrial Profit -22.9% y/y vs -4.0% for 2022 Recovery far from solid, demand and cost issues persist BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) – The slump in earnings for Chinese industrial companies deepened in the first two months of 2023, weighed down by weak demand and stubbornly high costs as the world’s second-largest economy struggled […]