Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia and Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank have some of the widest gender pay disparities among Canadian lenders in their UK operations, according to regulatory disclosures. Scotiabank, Canada’s third-biggest len-der, pays women 44 percent less than men on average in the UK, with the gap widening to 72 percent for bonuses, according to regulatory disclosures. Scotiabank’s London operations ...
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Deutsche Bank under pressure to resolve CEO fate as board meets
Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG Chairman Paul Achleitner is facing intense pressure to clarify the future of Chief Executive Officer John Cryan within days, according to a person familiar with the inside workings of the bank. Supervisory board members will discuss the situation in an “update call†scheduled by Achleitner for Sunday evening, said two people familiar with the matter, who ...
Read More »Boeing tops Airbus with $12.3bn American deal for 787 Dreamliners
Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. ordered 47 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners for long-range flying, expanding its fleet of the advanced carbon-composite jetliners and dealing a blow to Airbus SE’s ambitions to expand its wide-body aircraft sales in the US. In a related move, American cancelled an order for 22 of Airbus’s twin-aisle A350 jets, a purchase placed by predecessor carrier ...
Read More »Air India’s potential suitor drops out even before sale begins
Bloomberg IndiGo, the only airline to have publicly shown interest in buying parts of Air India Ltd., said it’s no longer keen on the state asset, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most high-profile privatisation plan. India’s biggest airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., said it doesn’t have the wherewithal to acquire Air India in its entirety and ...
Read More »Gulfstream luxury jets, old Boeing 737s in China’s tariff sights
Bloomberg China’s proposed aircraft tariffs take aim at Boeing Co.’s main source of profit, the 737 jetliner family, while exempting a popular upgraded model needed to fuel the rapid growth of the country’s airlines. Boeing’s best-selling plane, the 737 Max 8, would narrowly escape the retaliatory measure, based on the weight limits outlined by the Chinese government, Douglas Harned, an ...
Read More »Starbucks’ Indonesia operator sees sales boost from spending
Bloomberg PT Mitra Adiperkasa, the Indonesian operator of global brands including Starbucks, Zara as well as Marks & Spencer, is predicting that a recovery in consumer spending will sustain its highest revenue growth in three years. The retailer forecasts a revenue increase of 15 percent for a second year as consumers splurge more on Inditex SA’s Zara-branded clothes and Tumi ...
Read More »Bahrain’s biggest oilfind estimated at 80bn barrels
MANAMA / Reuters A new discovery off the coast of Bahrain is estimated to contain at least 80 billion barrels of tight oil, the kingdom’s biggest ever find, Bahrain’s oil minister said. Bahrain said it had discovered extensive tight oil and deep gas resources off the west coast of the kingdom. Independent appraisals by US-based oil consultants DeGolyer and MacNaughton ...
Read More »OPEC oil output sinks to 11-month low
LONDON / Reuters OPEC oil output fell in March to an 11-month low due to declining Angolan exports, Libyan outages and a further slide in Venezuelan output, a Reuters survey found, sending compliance with a supply-cutting deal to another record. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 32.19 million barrels per day last month, the survey found, down 90,000 ...
Read More »Steinhoff halves value of property unit in review
Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings said a European real-estate portfolio may be worth about half previous estimates, as the embattled global retailer reviews the value of its assets following an accounting scandal. Hemisphere International Properties BV has been valued at about 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in a review by CBRE Group Inc., Steinhoff said in a statement. That compared with ...
Read More »US stocks pare losses as trade dispute with China reassessed
Bloomberg US stocks pared losses, while haven demand eased as investors speculated that the final form of any Chinese tariffs might be less onerous than currently proposed. The S&P 500 Index cut its decline by almost two-thirds as representatives from China and the Trump administration left the door open for a negotiated solution. The proposals wouldn’t take effect for months. ...
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