China faces a choice: modernise or risk a very hard landing – The Australian Financial Review

by Jonathan Woetzel China’s investment-led growth model has served it extraordinarily well, setting it on course to become one of the world’s advanced economies. Yet the strains associated with that approach have become evident. Since 2015 the country’s gross domestic product growth has dipped to 25-year lows, corporate debt has soared, foreign reserves have fallen…

Commodity trader warns survival hangs on debt deal after $6.3b loss – The Sydney Morning Herald

The deal, which Noble says would allow it to continue operating, would hand the lion’s share of the company’s remaining value to creditors willing to participate in a new trade finance facility. That’ll include hedge funds from the so-called ad hoc group that’s underwriting the facility. What’s more, Noble’s management will receive an equity stake…

Japan’s Big 4 Restructuring Domestic Business Models – RideApart

Japans Big 4 Restructuring Domestic Business Models A progressively shrinking market has prompted Japans four biggest OEMs to undergo a major reorganization of strategies for the island nation’s domestic market. After more than a decade of generally declining sales, Japans four largest motorcycle manufacturers have begun rolling out new business models for the Japanese domestic…

Ahtium Plc annual results review for the year ended 31 December 2017 – GlobeNewswire (press release)

Stock Exchange ReleaseAhtium Plc28 February 2018 Ahtium Plc annual results review for the year ended 31 December 2017 Next few days decisive for the Company’s operations and future Key events 2017 Ahtium Plc’s (“Ahtium” or the “Company”) Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 have not been prepared on a going concern…

Ramsay Health Care interim profit falls 3.7pc, flags French unit restructuring – The Australian Financial Review

Australia’s largest private hospital operator, Ramsay Health Care, said its first-half net profit fell, hurt by major restructuring at its French operations, that includes job cuts over three years. Net profit fell 3.7 per cent to $246.5 million in the six months ended December 31 from $255.9 million in the year-earlier period. Core net profit rose 7.5…