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Crashed Air India jet’s black boxes found; death toll 18

Bloomberg The black boxes of an Air India Express jet that crashed, killing at least 18 people, has been recovered after authorities completed the rescue operation. The digital flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder can help investigators piece together what caused the Boeing Co 737 to skid off the runway and break apart while attempting to land on August ...

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Airbus plane deliveries increase 36% in July

Bloomberg Airbus SE delivered 49 new jets to its customers last month, overcoming travel restrictions and virus-afflicted demand to post its third straight monthly increase. The July tally, achieved solely with narrow-body aircraft, marked a 36% increase from the 36 handovers recorded in June, according to a statement. Airbus registered four new orders during the month and had no cancellations ...

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UK’s Virgin Atlantic secures US recognition for restructuring

Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd was granted US bankruptcy protection as the carrier controlled by Richard Branson pursues a 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) rescue plan in the UK. The provisional ruling by US Bankruptcy Judge Michael E Wiles in Manhattan protects the airline’s American assets and ensures that the debt reorganisation will be overseen under the British legal process. After ...

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Delta bets on clean jets to woo flyers

Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc plans to use clean cabins to boost customer satisfaction and attract a larger portion of people who still fly, aiming to reduce the cash it burns daily to zero by year-end. The airline will work for a Net Promoter Score of at least 65 in the second half, 15 points above Delta’s average performance last ...

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Retail failures open up prime locations for Target, others

Bloomberg As landlords struggle to find tenants for a glut of empty commercial spaces, businesses that have fared relatively well through the pandemic now have the upper hand in America’s real estate landscape. With thousands of stores closing permanently, the dislocation is creating a buyer’s market to the benefit of Shake Shack Inc, Levi Strauss & Co, Target Corp and ...

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Robots running the industrial world are open to cyber attacks

Bloomberg Industrial robots are now being used to assemble everything from airplanes to smartphones, using human-like arms to mechanically repeat the same processes over and over, thousands of times a day with nanometric precision. But according to a new report entitled “Rogue Automation,” some robots have flaws that could make them vulnerable to advanced hackers, who could steal data or ...

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JLR loses its court battle over Defender trademark

Bloomberg Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) lost a UK court bid to get the trademark rights for the shape of its iconic Defender SUV, freeing billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group to go ahead with the Grenadier off-road vehicle. A London court dismissed an appeal by JLR, owned by India’s Tata Motors Ltd. The UK Intellectual Property Office had found the shapes ...

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BMW records first quarterly loss since 2009 on virus impact

Bloomberg BMW AG’s loss-making automotive division dragged the company into the red for the first time in more than a decade, rounding out a dismal quarter for European carmakers hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The German manufacturer lost 666 million euros ($787 million) before interest and taxes between April and June, its first quarterly deficit since the financial crisis in ...

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Google-Fitbit probe shows EU is wising up to value of data

Bloomberg Silicon Valley giants used to snap up smaller tech firms at will, safe in the knowledge that antitrust regulators rarely prevented them from expanding into new industries. The European Commission showed that those days are gone, opening an in-depth probe into Google’s $2.1 billion takeover of Fitbit Inc. — an investigation that focuses on the potentially huge value of ...

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Cadillac unveils first electric SUV

Bloomberg General Motors Co. unveiled a long-awaited Cadillac electric vehicle that will offer Tesla Inc.-like range, though prospective buyers will need to be patient. The Cadillac Lyriq is debuting about four months later than planned, with GM having postponed the reveal because of coronavirus. But that interval pales in comparison with the two years it will take for the plug-in ...

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