Bloomberg India will revive plans to sell Air India Ltd, after an attempt to partially exit the loss-making carrier failed to find a single buyer last year. The high-profile divestment would be part of PM Narendra Modi’s efforts to raise $15.3 billion selling stakes in state-run companies, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech. The administration will also ...
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Amazon faces review by UK watchdog into Deliveroo deal
Bloomberg Amazon.com is facing an initial review by the UK competition regulator into its bid to buy a slice of fast-growing food delivery startup Deliveroo. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has “reasonable grounds†to believe that Amazon and Deliveroo have either ceased to be separate businesses, or will merge in the near future, according to the enforcement ...
Read More »BA turns to state mediator to avert pilot strike
Bloomberg British Airways (BA) is entering conciliation talks with pilots in a bid to head off a walkout over pay at the height of the summer travel season. The unit of IAG SA will meet with the BALPA union at the UK’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service on Monday, spokespeople for the two sides told Bloomberg. The talks, which will ...
Read More »Jet suppliers hit merger spree to match Boeing, Airbus output
Bloomberg Airbus SE and Boeing Co’s record output of jetliners is spurring a blistering pace of mergers among aerospace suppliers as companies seek growth to keep up with demand, according to a Lazard Ltd investment banker. The market for deals, which reached an all-time high of $120 billion last year, is “extremely robust,†Michael Richter, head of aerospace and defense, ...
Read More »Al Jaber Group agrees to $1.5b debt restructuring
Bloomberg Al Jaber Group agreed with banks to restructure $1.5 billion of debt for a second time, people with knowledge of the plan said. The group is close to signing a deal with about 20 creditors to push out loan maturities to December 2026, said the people, asking not to be identified because the information is private. In return, Al ...
Read More »Oil gains on US inventory drop
Bloomberg Oil gained after suffering its biggest drop on the day of an Opec meeting in more than four years. Futures rose 0.8 percent in New York after an industry report showed US oil inventories fell by almost 5 million barrels last week. Prices were still far from recouping the 4.8 percent decline, when concerns about the global economy overshadowed ...
Read More »Dubai property prices continue to be attractive: Survey
DUBAi / Emirates Business As we move into the second half of 2019, the property prices in Dubai continue to be attractive for both tenants and investors as per Bayut’s latest H1 market report. Based on the comparison of prices between H2 of 2018 to H1 of 2019 there is a perceivable shift in interest towards competitively-priced areas when it ...
Read More »Dow Average heads for record, Treasuries dip
Bloomberg US stocks advanced to fresh records in thin trading ahead of a holiday. The rally in global bonds extended as investors weighed the prospect of more dovish appointees to two of the world’s major central banks. Ten-year Treasury yields dipped to the lowest since November 2016 on rising market bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates this month. ...
Read More »Most Indian stocks rise ahead of budget
Bloomberg Most Indian equities advanced and key indexes eked out gains ahead of the federal budget due on Friday. Investors are counting on the government to provide stimulus for an economy growing at its slowest pace in several years. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex added 0.1 percent to 39,839.25 in Mumbai, after fluctuating between a gain of as much as ...
Read More »Nordea CEO vents frustrations days after announcing his exit
Bloomberg Within days of announcing he will step down, the chief executive officer of Nordea Bank Abp has revealed his thoughts on an activist investor that repeatedly slammed his firm. Casper von Koskull, who said that he plans to retire by late next year when he turns 60, acknowledged that the frequent public criticisms by shareholder Cevian Capital AB were ...
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