Amazon.com Inc. has almost single-handedly spurred the best-ever opening quarter for corporate debt sales in Europe, even as markets face huge disruption from the war in Iran. Corporate borrowers have raised about €145.6 billion ($168.7 billion) in 2026, by far the highest volume for a first quarter on record, according to a Bloomberg league table tracking issuance from high-grade firms across Eur...
Amazon.com Inc. has almost single-handedly spurred the best-ever opening quarter for corporate debt sales in Europe, even as markets face huge disruption from the war in Iran. Corporate borrowers have raised about €145.6 billion ($168.7 billion) in 2026, by far the highest volume for a first quarter on record, according to a Bloomberg league table tracking issuance from high-grade firms across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nearly 10% of that came just from Amazon’s €14.5 billion eight-part debt sale on March 11. Read more: Amazon Raises Record €14.5 Billion From Debut Euro Bond Sale Tech giants have led the action in Europe, with Alphabet Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. taking the second and third spots in the table respectively behind Amazon, following jumbo deals in recent weeks. The trio has a more than 18% combined share of the first quarter’s corporate issuance in the region, the table shows. “They’re so big that they suddenly just become quite a large part of the index,” said Alex Temple , a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments. “That means for people who track the index, they have to buy it because it’s such a large chunk.” The offerings from companies seeking to fund ambitious artificial intelligence projects have salvaged an otherwise tough quarter for debt markets more broadly. Overall volumes in the EMEA region have stumbled since the Middle East conflict began at the end of February. Marketwide bond issuance in March, including from banks and governments, reached €126 billion equivalent, 19% below the amount raised in the same month last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s meant the huge US tech sales haven’t overwhelmed the European market or hurt pricing, as some commentators warned last year. Read more: Big Tech’s AI Debt Wave Threatening to Swamp Credit Markets Instead, there’s been a clamor for such debt, given these firms are highly rated and have low leverage, making them relative havens at a tim...
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. has almost single-handedly spurred the best-ever opening quarter for corporate debt sales in Europe, even as markets face huge disruption from the war in Iran.Corporate borrowers have raised about €145.6 billion ($168.7 billion) in 2026, by far the highest volume for a first quarter on record, according to a Bloomberg league table tracking issuance from high-grade fi...
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. has almost single-handedly spurred the best-ever opening quarter for corporate debt sales in Europe, even as markets face huge disruption from the war in Iran.Corporate borrowers have raised about €145.6 billion ($168.7 billion) in 2026, by far the highest volume for a first quarter on record, according to a Bloomberg league table tracking issuance from high-grade firms across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nearly 10% of that came just from Amazon’s €14.5 bill
Prime office supply in mainland Chinese cities and Hong Kong is estimated to peak this year, while demand remains hampered by an economic slowdown and global uncertainties, according to Cushman & Wakefield. At the end of 2025, premium office inventory in 21 major cities in Greater China – including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, as well as Taiwan – amounted to 99.2 million s...
Prime office supply in mainland Chinese cities and Hong Kong is estimated to peak this year, while demand remains hampered by an economic slowdown and global uncertainties, according to Cushman & Wakefield. At the end of 2025, premium office inventory in 21 major cities in Greater China – including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, as well as Taiwan – amounted to 99.2 million square metres (1.07 billion sq ft), up 4.6 million square metres or 8.4 per cent from a year earlier,...
Against a backdrop of war and global uncertainty, Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a clear message at the recent China Development Forum: China is committed to being a “harbour of stability” for the world. The forum, which drew CEOs from global companies such as Siemens, Nestlé and Apple, signalled to the world that while the United States flails, China offers reliability and steady governance. ...
Against a backdrop of war and global uncertainty, Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a clear message at the recent China Development Forum: China is committed to being a “harbour of stability” for the world. The forum, which drew CEOs from global companies such as Siemens, Nestlé and Apple, signalled to the world that while the United States flails, China offers reliability and steady governance. Even before the US-Israeli war on Iran, however, my inbox was already telling me that something was...
BEIJING, China, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Li Auto Inc. (“Li Auto” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LI; HKEX: 2015), a leader in China’s new energy vehicle market, today announced that it delivered 41,053 vehicles in March 2026. As of March 31, 2026, Li Auto’s cumulative deliveries reached 1,635,357. With the production bottleneck resolved, Li i6 monthly deliveries surpassed 24,000 units in Marc...
BEIJING, China, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Li Auto Inc. (“Li Auto” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LI; HKEX: 2015), a leader in China’s new energy vehicle market, today announced that it delivered 41,053 vehicles in March 2026. As of March 31, 2026, Li Auto’s cumulative deliveries reached 1,635,357. With the production bottleneck resolved, Li i6 monthly deliveries surpassed 24,000 units in March. The all-new Li L9 is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2026. In March, at the NVIDIA GT
XPeng Inc. ("XPENG" or the "Company," NYSE: XPEV and HKEX: 9868), a leading global AI mobility technology company, today announced its vehicle delivery results for March and the first quarter of 2026.
XPeng Inc. ("XPENG" or the "Company," NYSE: XPEV and HKEX: 9868), a leading global AI mobility technology company, today announced its vehicle delivery results for March and the first quarter of 2026.
UK factories are enduring the most intense strain on supply chains and steepest price pressures since the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a closely watched survey. S&P Global’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index laid bare the impact on British factories from the widening Middle East conflict just a month after the US and Israel launched a fresh round of attacks on Ira...
UK factories are enduring the most intense strain on supply chains and steepest price pressures since the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a closely watched survey. S&P Global’s manufacturing purchasing managers’ index laid bare the impact on British factories from the widening Middle East conflict just a month after the US and Israel launched a fresh round of attacks on Iran. Manufacturing output contracted for the first time in six months, while a gauge tracking delivery times sank to its lowest level in almost four years. Input costs rose at the fastest pace since October 2022 with shipping delays causing a shortage of materials, pushing up prices. The war is a major setback to the Bank of England which is now considering whether it needs to hike interest rates to tame inflationary pressures building in the pipeline. Economists warn that inflation could rise to more than double the central bank’s 2% target later this year unless there’s a rapid de-escalation of tensions. The PMI survey showed factories faced mounting pressure on supply chains as the war adds to existing strains on global trade, from Donald Trump’s tariffs to the disruption of trade through the Red Sea from the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Fuel costs have soared due to Iran’s blockage of the crucial Strait of Hormuz and attacks on key energy infrastructure across the Middle East. UK manufacturers said the supply chain stresses were also triggered by “port disruption, a shortfall of capacity at vendors and customs delays.” “The war in the Middle East and ongoing concerns about domestic economic policy led to a scaling back of production,” said Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “Optimism about the year ahead has slumped to a six-month low and the latest round of job cuts is the deepest since last September.”
Oil tumbled after President Donald Trump told reporters that the US could leave Iran within two to three weeks, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed and more US troops head to the region. Bloomberg's Stephen Stapczynski reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Oil tumbled after President Donald Trump told reporters that the US could leave Iran within two to three weeks, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed and more US troops head to the region. Bloomberg's Stephen Stapczynski reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elon Musk said Tesla’s ( TSLA ) Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14.3 is now in employee beta and could roll out more broadly by the end of the week. In a post on X, Musk said, " FSD 14.3 is in Tesla employee beta now and will probably go to wide release at the end of week." The rollout comes as f ederal safety regulators are intensifying scrutiny of T...
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elon Musk said Tesla’s ( TSLA ) Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14.3 is now in employee beta and could roll out more broadly by the end of the week. In a post on X, Musk said, " FSD 14.3 is in Tesla employee beta now and will probably go to wide release at the end of week." The rollout comes as f ederal safety regulators are intensifying scrutiny of Tesla’s ( TSLA ) automated driving system after raising concerns about its ability to handle poor roadway conditions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an engineering analysis last month to evaluate Tesla’s FSD Beta and FSD (Supervised) degradation detection system. The regulator cited several crashes, including one fatal, in which the system failed to adequately warn drivers in low-visibility conditions. Tesla’s FSD is an advanced driver assistance system that relies exclusively on vision-based cameras and the related FSD software to detect and respond to the roadway ahead, projecting a path forward based on traffic control devices, vehicles, pedestrians, and the roadway itself. Full Self-Driving (Supervised), meanwhile, controls driving and steering functions but requires active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. TSLA shares were up 1.49% premarket at $377.3. More on Tesla Tesla May Beat Deliveries, But This Could Hurt The Bottom Line Tesla: The Market Will Eventually Ignore The Carefully Crafted Disruption Narrative Tesla: The Implosion Isn't Done Yet Auto demand remains solid amid geopolitical headwinds, buoyed by higher-income buyers Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick reassigns Elon Musk cases after bias claims
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elon Musk said Tesla’s ( TSLA ) Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14.3 is now in employee beta and could roll out more broadly by the end of the week. In a post on X, Musk said, " FSD 14.3 is in Tesla employee beta now and will probably go to wide release at the end of week." The rollout comes as f ederal safety regulators are intensifying scrutiny of T...
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Elon Musk said Tesla’s ( TSLA ) Full Self-Driving (FSD) version 14.3 is now in employee beta and could roll out more broadly by the end of the week. In a post on X, Musk said, " FSD 14.3 is in Tesla employee beta now and will probably go to wide release at the end of week." The rollout comes as f ederal safety regulators are intensifying scrutiny of Tesla’s ( TSLA ) automated driving system after raising concerns about its ability to handle poor roadway conditions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an engineering analysis last month to evaluate Tesla’s FSD Beta and FSD (Supervised) degradation detection system. The regulator cited several crashes, including one fatal, in which the system failed to adequately warn drivers in low-visibility conditions. Tesla’s FSD is an advanced driver assistance system that relies exclusively on vision-based cameras and the related FSD software to detect and respond to the roadway ahead, projecting a path forward based on traffic control devices, vehicles, pedestrians, and the roadway itself. Full Self-Driving (Supervised), meanwhile, controls driving and steering functions but requires active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. TSLA shares were up 1.49% premarket at $377.3. More on Tesla Tesla May Beat Deliveries, But This Could Hurt The Bottom Line Tesla: The Market Will Eventually Ignore The Carefully Crafted Disruption Narrative Tesla: The Implosion Isn't Done Yet Auto demand remains solid amid geopolitical headwinds, buoyed by higher-income buyers Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick reassigns Elon Musk cases after bias claims