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Changi Airport gears up for business travellers

Bloomberg Singapore’s Changi Airport, a key part of the city-state’s psyche, is reinventing itself for the Covid era and beyond. In a bid to keep people engaged until life returns to normal, it’s offering glamping for families at Jewel, the nature-themed entertainment complex open to the public, as well as a host of holiday offerings from canopy park tours that …

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Delta CEO reiterates cash flow target

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian reiterated the carrier’s aim to achieve positive cash flow by the spring as it plans for a “year of recovery.” He warned that travel demand will remain “deeply depressed” initially, with the company’s focus on health and safety for passengers. A “significant” resumption of travel, particularly for business, will come …

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HK’s retail slump eases before new virus wave

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s retail environment showed further signs of improvement in November, although the recovery may have been short-lived as the city was hit with a fresh wave of virus infections and imposed new restrictions late in the month. The provisional value of total retail sales in November 2020 was HK$28.7 billion ($3.7 billion), down by 4% compared with the …

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Tiffany shareholders’ nod for LVMH sale caps rocky saga

Bloomberg The holiday blessing that Tiffany & Co shareholders gave to sell the storied jeweller to LVMH pushes the contentious transaction closer to the finish line, giving billionaire Bernard Arnault the long-sought pathway to expand his global collection of luxury brands. Tiffany will be dropped from the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index now that the deal has been approved, S&P …

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Naixue raises new funds at $2b value

Bloomberg The owner of bubble tea chain Nayuki, also known as Naixue’s Tea in Chinese, has completed a new funding round that values the company at nearly $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Shenzhen Pindao Restaurant Management Co has raised more than $100 million in a series C funding round led by private equity firm PAG, said …

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IndiGo says some data may be compromised in ‘breach’

Bloomberg IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, said some segments of its data servers were breached in a hacking incident in December, which may compromise some data. “There is a possibility that some internal documents may get uploaded by the hackers on public websites and platforms,” IndiGo said. “We realise the seriousness of the issue, and are continuing to engage with all …

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Denmark’s housing market at its tightest since pre-2008 crisis

Bloomberg Not since the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis has Denmark’s housing market faced a similar gap between supply and demand, according to the home finance unit of Nordea Bank Abp. The number of residential properties for sale has plunged to its lowest in over a decade, Nordea Kredit estimates, citing new figures compiled by the website boligsiden.dk. The …

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NYSE scraps its plan to delist China telcos in ‘bizarre’ U-turn

Bloomberg The New York Stock Exchange said it will no longer delist China’s three biggest state-owned telecommunications companies, backtracking on a plan that had threatened to escalate tensions between the world’s largest economies. NYSE’s U-turn came with scant explanation just four days after the exchange said it would remove the shares to comply with a US executive order barring investments …

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European stocks fluctuate with futures; dollar falls

Bloomberg European stocks fluctuated with US equity futures as traders weighed concerns about the impact of rising coronavirus cases and braced for key US runoff elections. The dollar falls and gold held Monday’s gains. Energy firms and retailers led the Stoxx 600 Index as the UK went back into lockdown in an attempt to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. Next Plc …

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China delistings threaten $144b US fundraising boom

Bloomberg For more than two decades Chinese companies have turned to the US stock market for capital and international prestige, raising at least $144 billion from some of the world’s largest investors. Now this pillar of China’s integration with the global financial system is increasingly under threat. The latest blow arrived on New Year’s Eve, when the New York Stock …

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