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French shipper CMA CGM to buy California terminal

Bloomberg CMA CGM SA, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, agreed to buy Fenix Marine Services, which operates a container terminal in the Port of Los Angeles, in a deal with an enterprise value of $2.3 billion. CMA CGM reached the agreement with EQT Infrastructure, according to a statement. The shipper, which already owned a 10% stake in the ...

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UK house prices hit $365,000 after 8.1% increase in a year

Bloomberg A shortage of homes for sale and a buoyant labour market are expected to underpin the UK housing market as consumers come under pressure from soaring inflation and higher interest rates, according to Halifax. The average cost of a home rises 0.9% in October to a record $365,000, the mortgage lender said. That left values 8.1% higher than a ...

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Canada’s labour market heals as retail businesses ramp up

Bloomberg Canada’s labour market continued to heal in October as retail businesses ramped up hiring, though the pace of gains has begun to cool. The economy added 31,200 jobs last month, Statistics Canada said in Ottawa, missing expectations for a gain of 41,600 in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The unemployment rate falls to 6.7% from 6.9% in September, and ...

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Greece eyes sustainable islands

Bloomberg Greece wants to make all of its inhabited islands ecologically friendly as the country pushes to meet a target of cutting harmful emissions at least 55% by 2030. A nationwide campaign dubbed “GR-eco Islands” will kick off in Chalki, a small island near Rhodes in the eastern Aegean. Chalki will get its electric power entirely from a new 1 ...

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Maersk sees tight global shipping markets into 2022

Bloomberg AP Moller-Maersk A/S expects shipping markets to remain tight at least into the first quarter with global container demand set to grow faster than previously expected. The world’s largest shipping line said global ocean-based freight shipping will grow between 7% and 9% this year, a percentage point higher than a previous prediction, according to a statement. “Our clients are ...

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Facebook’s profit engine is proving irresistible for investors

Bloomberg A lot of the content on Facebook’s social-media services may be seen as being toxic, but that hasn’t stopped investors from pouring money back into beaten-down stock. Shares of the social media giant, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, posted their first weekly gain since early September, before a trove of internal data from a whistle-blower unleashed another round ...

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Apple recruits Tesla’s autopilot software director for car effort

Bloomberg Apple Inc, bolstering its car-development efforts, hired a former engineer from Tesla Inc. who drew controversy this year for remarks about that company’s Autopilot feature. The iPhone maker tapped Christopher “CJ” Moore for its team working on a self-driving car, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Moore is working on the effort’s software, reporting to Stuart Bowers, ...

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BMW muscles through chip shortage with profit jump

Bloomberg BMW AG earnings jumped to beat expectations after higher vehicle prices and prioritizing money-spinning models like the $75,000 X7 SUV helped the company offset output reductions due to the dearth of chips. Group earnings before tax surged 50% to 2.9 billion euros ($3.4 billion) in the third quarter, BMW said, compared with an average analysts’ estimate of 2.5 billion ...

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Ferrari hikes full-year profit target

Bloomberg Ferrari NV slightly raised its full-year profit target after the Italian supercar maker managed to dodge most of the supply-chain snarls weighing on mass-market automakers. Ferrari forecasts adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of about $1.76 billion for 2021 after a jump in third-quarter shipments and profit, it said. New Chief Executive Officer Benedetto Vigna is under ...

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Al Seer Marine 9-month net profit reaches AED2.45bn

Abu Dhabi / WAM Al Seer Marine, a marine company that is engaged across multiple marine sectors and a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), on Wednesday announced its financial results for the period ending September 30. Over the nine-month period, the company’s net profit jumped to AED2.45 billion from AED25.40 million in the corresponding period a year ago. The ...

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