Bloomberg Airbus SE earnings surged in the first quarter as the European planemaker churned out higher numbers of the A320 narrow-body jet that’s the biggest global rival to Boeing Co’s grounded 737 Max. The company delivered 126 A320s, a model that appears to have overcome a run of engine manufacturing faults just as the 737 faces questions about its future ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG halted capacity expansion at its Eurowings low-cost arm after the group’s first-quarter margins were squeezed by rising fuel bills and overcapacity that’s sparked a Europe-wide fare war. Europe’s biggest airline is abandoning plans to increase capacity at Eurowings by 2 percent this year. Lufthansa issued a profit warning that attributed a plunge in earnings before interest ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans), the air navigation services provider for Dubai and part of the Northern Emirates has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with leading technology provider, Honeywell, to explore the potential for the co-development of new technologies that will increase efficiency, predictability, safety and environmental efficiency of airports and airside operations. The MoU ...

Bloomberg The People’s Republic of Berkeley, Calif, takes pride in its leadership on all things civic and environmental. The small liberal city east of San Francisco was one of the first US cities to adopt curbside recycling. It banned styrofoam and was early to take on plastic shopping bags. Earlier this year, the Berkeley city council put on notice a ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) reported solid operating performance for the first quarter that ended on March 31, on Monday, with net profit amounting to AED3.1 billion, up 6 percent sequentially and 4 percent YoY. According to a press statement released by the bank, annualised earnings per share (EPS) stood at AED1.08, compared to AED1.06 in ...

Bloomberg The world’s biggest oil exporter is ramping up efforts to develop natural gas with plans for a 15-fold boost in output from unconventional deposits of the fuel. Saudi Aramco is building facilities to tap shale gas in the kingdom’s oil-rich eastern region and is making “a lot of progress” towards this goal, CEO Amin Nasser told report-ers in Dammam. ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to launch an index that will evaluate the cost of doing business for SMEs in Dubai. The MoU was signed by ...

Bloomberg Anadarko Petroleum Corp, the oil producer at the center of a bidding war, posted adjusted earnings for the first quarter that beat analysts’ estimates as oil and gas sales rose versus last year. The Texas-based driller said it earned 53 cents a share, excluding one-time items that included a $316 million loss attributed to the settlement of commodity derivatives. ...

Bloomberg US stocks rose above their record high at the start of a week packed with data that will provide clues on global economic growth. Treasury yields and the dollar climbed, while oil fell. Financial and industrial companies led gains in the S&P 500 Index as traders also awaited earnings reports from giants including Alphabet Inc, General Motors Co and ...

Bloomberg This year’s rally in Chinese shares is threatening to unravel almost as quickly as it began. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8 percent and ended the session below its 50-day moving average. That follows its 5.6 percent slump, the worst performance versus global equities since early 2016. The ChiNext Index dropped 2.6 percent. China was the best place in ...