Shares in BYD, the Warren Buffett-backed car maker, surged more than 10 per cent yesterday, extending a six-day rise to nearly 30 per cent, on speculation the firm would benefit from the new measures supporting clean-energy vehicles in China. BYD shares finished up 10.63 per cent at HK$19.36. Jeanny Yu
ING, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, will cut 2,350 jobs in its banking and insurance units after a 64 per cent slump in third-quarter profit. Net income dropped to €609 million (HK$6 billion) from €1.69 billion a year earlier, the lender said. Meanwhile, German newspaper Die Zeit reported Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest lender, may cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs. Bloomberg, Reuters
Ericsson is to cut 1,550 staff in Sweden, out of the 17,768 currently employed, as the world's biggest maker of mobile phone networks aims to drive down costs. In the third quarter, Ericsson's core profit fell 42 per cent. Reuters