Bloomberg EasyJet Plc will pour capacity into the UK this summer as easing travel curbs boost demand and make the country a key battleground for airlines emerging from two years of Covid-19 disruption. Bookings in Britain are surging, according to the Luton, England-based carrier, which plans to lift seating to near normal levels by the summer, meeting the challenge …

  Bloomberg Air India Ltd. is seeking to end a case filed by Devas Multimedia Pvt in a US court, arguing a recent change in ownership of the carrier prevents demands over recovery of arbitration awards. Devas demands $1.2 billion from the Indian government after winning three international arbitration awards over a scrapped telecommunications deal with a state-run firm. The …

  Bloomberg A volatile start to the year for global stock markets is breathing new life into UK trading platforms, which had seen fading interest amid less stringent pandemic restrictions. CMC Markets Plc and IG Group Holdings Plc both said they’ve seen an increasing number of bets being placed on equity markets amid price swings that put the S&P 500 …

  Bloomberg Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor, as the chocolate industry faces growing scrutiny over the problem. The program, under which the KitKat maker plans to spend 1.3 billion francs ($1.4 billion) by 2030, will offer as much as 500 francs per year to …

  Bloomberg Hawaiian Airlines is seeking to ramp up its limited flight service to Japan in the second quarter, an omicron variant-linked delay from the carrier’s earlier goal of returning to a fuller slate of flights by late March. Japan represents the largest foreign market for Hawaiian, which had about a quarter of its business outside the US before the …

  Bloomberg Chinese buyout firm Citic Capital is weighing a sale of its controlling stake in EBeauty Holdings Cayman Ltd. after a planned initial public offering stalled amid market volatility, people familiar with the matter said. Citic is seeking a valuation of as much as $2 billion for the provider of e-commerce services to the cosmetics industry in China, said …

  Bloomberg US futures fall with European stocks as concern about tighter policy lingered at the end of a volatile week, overshadowing strong earnings from Apple Inc. Futures on the S&P 500 extended a drop, while those on the Nasdaq 100 gave up gains of as much as 1.4%. Apple rises in premarket trading. Losses in tech and auto shares …

  Bloomberg Indian stocks are facing the longest run of foreign outflows in five years, an exodus that’s stalling the market’s steady surge from pandemic lows in March 2020. Foreign institutional investors have been net sellers every month since September, dumping $7.9 billion worth of local shares since. The four-month streak of withdrawals is set to be the longest since …

  Bloomberg Tata Sons Pvt formally took charge of debt-laden Air India Ltd., ending years of failed attempts to sell the money-losing airline that has been kept afloat with billions of dollars of taxpayer money. “It is indeed noteworthy that the disinvestment process of @airindiain has been brought to a successful conclusion in a time-bound manner,” aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia …

  Bloomberg Tata Sons Pvt formally took charge of debt-laden Air India Ltd., ending years of failed attempts to sell the money-losing airline that has been kept afloat with billions of dollars of taxpayer money. “It is indeed noteworthy that the disinvestment process of @airindiain has been brought to a successful conclusion in a time-bound manner,” aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia …