Category: BLOOM

Mar 10

HK’s Zaha Hadid-Designed Tower Signs Up Canada Pension as Tenant

Article content (Bloomberg) — The Canadian pension fund signed up for two floors in Henderson Land Development Co.’s new Hong Kong office building, according to people familiar with the matter, a win for the developer amid record-high vacancy for skyscrapers in the Asian financial hub.  Article content Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will move from […]
Mar 10

Norway Inflation Slows More Than Expected, Cooling Rate Pressure

Article content (Bloomberg) — Norway’s inflation slowed last month more than expected, reducing the room for bets the central bank will need to opt for a stronger and longer interest-rate tightening, and prices in Denmark showed a similar trajectory. Article content Norway’s headline inflation rate declined on year to 6.3% in February, versus the median […]
Mar 9

Power-Starved South Africa Halts Karpowership Bid for Port Plant

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of electricity to South Africa, had its environmental application to moor a ship-mounted power plant at the port of Saldanha Bay suspended after allegations that the views of small-scale fisheries were misrepresented. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Antony Sguazzin Published […]
Mar 9

Credit Suisse Delays Annual Report After Late SEC Query

Article content (Bloomberg) — Credit Suisse Group AG delayed the publication of its annual report and compensation details for 2022 after US regulators raised last-minute technical queries on previous statements.  The Zurich-based lender was due to publish the reports on Thursday morning but received a late call from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday […]
Mar 2

US Futures, Asian Stocks Slide Amid Higher Yields: Markets Wrap

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business US futures declined along with Asian equities Thursday as Treasury yields continued to edge higher following another round of hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Brett Miller Published Mar 02, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation “It’s almost impossible to argue for […]
Feb 14

Argentina Annual Inflation Hits 99%, Surpassing Expectations

Article content (Bloomberg) — Argentina’s inflation sped up more than expected in January as price controls prove ineffective, further complicating the government’s strategy ahead of presidential elections later this year.   Article content Consumer prices rose 98.8% from a year earlier, more than the 98.6% median forecast from economists in a Bloomberg survey. Prices gained […]
Feb 13

US to Sell 26 Million More Barrels From Strategic Oil Reserve

Article content (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration plans to sell more crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with deliveries estimated to happen between April and June. Article content The non-emergency sale will amount to 26 million barrels of crude, according to people familiar with the matter, and is part the congressionally mandated sale lawmakers […]