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Hudson’s Bay, the Canadian department store chain founded in 1670, is preparing for a bankruptcy filing within days, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The chain became a stand-alone business following its December 2024 deal to spin off its Saks Fifth Avenue subsidiary through a combination with Neiman Marcus Group. As part of that transaction, Saks acquired Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion, establishing a new entity called Saks Global, which also owns Bergdorf Goodman. Saks Global isn’t expected to file for bankruptcy itself, only Hudson’s Bay will.

Even as the amendments to be Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) are getting delayed, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has made a slew of regulatory changes in the past 18 months to enhance the efficiency of the resolution process, FinancialExpress.com reported. “Until amendments to the IBC are carried out, it’s only logical for the IBBI to make regulatory changes,” an official source told FE. Going forward too, the IBBI will be making significant changes to regulations to improve the efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness of the resolution process, the person added.

China's Evergrande Property Services Group said on Friday that it expects to record a decrease of up to 37% in its annual profit for the year ended December 31, 2024, due to legal expenses related to a deposit pledge, among other reasons, Reuters reported. In early January, a Guangzhou city court ordered the firm's parent China Evergrande to repay pledge guarantees on deposit certificates totalling 13.4 billion yuan ($1.85 billion).

President Donald Trump said that he may implement reciprocal tariffs on Canadian lumber and dairy products as soon as Friday, threatening again to disrupt trade with a major US partner and reigniting a fight over two industries that have long been the center of cross-border disputes, Bloomberg News reported. “Canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs for lumber and for dairy products. 250% — nobody ever talks about that — 250% tariff — which is taking advantage of our farmers. So that’s not going to happen anymore,” Trump said Friday in the Oval Office.

Canada's unemployment in February was unchanged from the prior month and new job additions was only marginally up, data showed on Friday, showing early signs of an impact of uncertainty around U.S. tariffs on hiring decisions of companies, Reuters reported. The unemployment rate for February was at 6.6% and the economy added a net of 1,100 jobs, Statistics Canada said. "I think the market will largely look past this one for a couple reasons," said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. "First of all, the big story now is the trade war.

Germany’s embattled manufacturing industry faces a fresh slump after new orders plunged by 7pc between December and January, The Telegraph reported. Machinery orders dropped more than 10pc on the month, while “other transport equipment” – the category including planes, ships, trains and military vehicles – plunged by almost 18pc. Consumer goods also slid 2pc.

Peru’s new finance minister is pushing an array of tax incentives early in his tenure in a bid to boost economic growth to its fastest pace in seven years, excluding the pandemic rebound, Bloomberg News reported. Jose Salardi, who took over the finance ministry five weeks ago, is eyeing four key sectors for tax incentives: agriculture, forestry, fishing and the creation of a special economic zone near the recently inaugurated $1.3 billion Chancay port that is set to significantly boost commerce with China.

It is only "a matter of time" until another Premiership club goes bust unless there is "radical change" according to the administrator who oversaw London Irish's insolvency, BBC.com reported. London Irish, Wasps and Worcester went out of business during the 2022-23 season leaving the top flight of English rugby with only 10 teams. A parliamentary report in January 2023 concluded that the financial situation of elite clubs was unsustainable.

The U.S. Secret Service, working with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies, has taken down and seized the website of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange accused of being associated with darknet markets and ransomware hackers, TechCrunch.com reported. On Thursday, the official Garantex website was replaced with a notice saying the exchange’s domain has been seized by the Secret Service following a warrant by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. This is the latest action taken by Western governments against the Moscow-based exchange.

On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency, from one account to another. Thirty minutes later, Mr. Zhou got a call from Bybit’s chief financial officer. In a trembling voice, the executive told Mr. Zhou that their system had been hacked, according to a New York Times analysis. “All of the Ethereum is gone,” he said. When Mr.