In a rare development, the promoters of realty developer Rashmi Housing, while the company was still undergoing the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), sold 82 apartments in the company’s projects in contravention of the law. The tribunal has now set aside the sale of these 82 flats and has also imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh on each of the promoters, the Economic Times of India reported.

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Word that Uruguay was seeking a trade deal with China prompted exultation at El Álamo ranch, a lush expanse of grass punctuated by cactus and herds of cattle on the eastern plains of Uruguay, the New York Times reported. Most of the cattle are destined for buyers in China, where they confront tariffs of 12 percent — more than double the rate applied to meat from Australia, the largest exporter of beef to China. Ranchers in New Zealand, the second-largest exporter, enjoy duty-free access to China.

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The resolution plan put in place to revive Jet Airways is not workable due to the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC) failing to make the promised payments to creditors, Simple Flying reported. In a recent hearing, the lawyers stated that if creditors were to see any of their promised monies, Jet Airways would need to be wound up. The JKC has already received multiple extensions since 2022, both from the creditors and the court, but they seem to have failed to keep their promise. Jet Airways was originally launched in 1993 and became a household name with premium air travel in India.

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The U.S. dollar being the dominant global reserve currency has been on a slow long-term downward trend, interrupted by upticks — and now we had an uptick, when the dollar gained share, Wolf Street reported. The share of the USD as global reserve currency rose to 59.0% in the first quarter of 2023, after having dropped to 58.6% in Q4, which had been the dollar’s lowest share since 1994, according to the IMF’s recent COFER data. The U.S.

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The administrator of Reliance Capital has filed the resolution plan given by the Hinduja group entity IndusInd International Holding, approved by lenders, with the National Company Law Tribunal, said people aware of the transaction, the Economic Times of India reported. Nageswara Rao Y, the Reserve Bank of India-appointed administrator, submitted a plan by IndusInd International Holding (IIHL), which offered Rs 9,660 crore. On June 29, ET reported that 99.6% of lenders voted for IIHL’s resolution plan. The administrator has admitted Rs 24,755 crore of claims from lenders.
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Qingdao city in China's debt-laden Shandong province has set up a company to bail out its cash-strapped local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), sources said, as regional governments rush to reduce debt risks in a wobbly economy, Reuters reported. Dongdin Industrial Group, funded by policy lender China Development Bank and having a registered capital of 10 billion yuan ($1.40 billion), is tasked with providing liquidity support to Qingdao's LGFVs - vehicles set up by local governments to finance mainly infrastructure projects, two sources said.
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Desperate for capital and with their economies struggling, China’s cities are wooing Western businesses with previously unavailable goodies. Beijing has labeled 2023 the “Year of Investing in China” and local officials have embarked on promotional tours overseas to drum up interest from investors. That effort is running headlong into President Xi Jinping’s national-security agenda, with its focus on fending off perceived foreign threats, the Wall Street Journal reported. That has made any Chinese investment a potential minefield for foreign firms.
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China's exports fell last month at their fastest pace since the onset three years ago of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an ailing global economy puts mounting pressure on Chinese policymakers for fresh stimulus measures, Reuters reported. Momentum in China's post-COVID recovery has slowed after a brisk pickup in the first quarter, with analysts now downgrading their projections for the economy for the rest of the year.
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China's economy is slowing due to weaker private investment, slowing exports and reduced domestic demand after a strong performance in the first quarter as the economy reopened from COVID-19 lockdowns, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, Reuters reported. "So the overall picture for growth in China is one of a slowing economy and that is consistent with the forecast that we had in April," IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told a regular news briefing, adding that the Fund was observing "subdued" inflation in China.
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