Dubai / WAM Emirates Post Group (EPG) launched the “Postcards to Space” initiative in partnership with “Club for the Future”, a private foundation established by Blue Origin, “UAE Space Agency”, “Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre” (MBRSC), and “AzurX”. The initiative, which is in line with EPG’s celebrations of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee, was unveiled to increase the interest of ...
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Northvolt, Galp Energia form JV to build lithium plant in Portugal
Bloomberg Swedish battery startup Northvolt AB and energy firm Galp Energia SGPS SA plan to develop a lithium-conversion plant in Portugal to supply the region’s growing electric-vehicle industry. The companies said they’ll set up a joint venture with the goal to build a facility with an annual production capacity of 35,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide — enough to ...
Read More »Brookfield in talks to buy Australia’s Intellihub stake
Bloomberg Brookfield Asset Management is in talks for a deal to acquire a stake in Australian energy metering business Intellihub Group, according to people familiar with the matter. The private equity firm is the likely winner of an auction to buy an interest in the residential energy metering firm from its existing Australian backers Pacific Equity Partners, the people ...
Read More »Draghi wants to make Italy more friendly to investors
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to make his country more friendly to outside investors. But an ongoing power struggle involving its largest insurer, its richest man and its most powerful investment banker is not a good look. Leonardo Del Vecchio’s fortune of nearly 40 billion euros ($45.1 billion) is rooted in his eyewear group Luxottica Group SpA, which ...
Read More »A big EV battery IPO is here. Be careful
One of the biggest electric-vehicle battery companies in the world is going public. South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, which makes powerpacks for the likes of General Motors Co, is looking to raise up to almost $11 billion in a listing that could value the company at close to $60 billion. Big, bold and promising as that is, investors need ...
Read More »Young retail investors are shooting for moon
The Robinhood crowd came to the fore this year, with their enthusiasm for meme stocks making them a force for professional traders to reckon with. Pandemic lockdowns sparked a wave of interest in day trading, and with it rose the dangers of misunderstanding the investment boundary . Still, retail buyers’ appetite for risk shows no sign of abating. That’s ...
Read More »Foreign hedge funds take new run in China
They meet again. Hedge funds that profited from the debt restructuring of Kaisa Group Holdings in 2015 are back, circling the Shenzhen-based real estate developer that is once again trying to dig out from under a mountain of debt. This time, the stakes are even bigger. About $12 billion of dollar-denominated debt is at risk versus only $2.5 billion ...
Read More »Virgin Atlantic secures $530m funding from Branson, Delta
Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd owners Richard Branson and Delta Air Lines Inc agreed to provide a 400 million-pound ($530 million) capital injection into the UK carrier to see it through the latest slump in global travel. Branson’s Virgin Group will cough up 204 million pounds of the funding and Atlanta-based Delta the rest, allowing them to maintain their ...
Read More »NYC’s JFK Airport set for $9.5 billion Carlyle-backed redo
Bloomberg New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $9.5 billion revamp of Terminal 1 at John F Kennedy International Airport, restarting the transformation of one of the busiest airports in the US as it works through pandemic delays. The funding infusion will create a new Terminal 1 on the current site of terminals 1, 2, and 3 at the ...
Read More »Boeing, FAA whistle-blower safety risks detailed by Senate
Bloomberg Whistle-blowers at Boeing Co and others involved with the aviation industry are raising renewed concerns about safety in the wake of the 737 Max crash investigations, according to a report. Senator Maria Cantwell, the Washington Democrat who is chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, called on US aviation regulators to act on the latest concerns ...
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