Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is fighting for survival, with a last-ditch plan to convert debt to equity driving its share price down as much as 63% during the first frantic moments of trading on Tuesday. Norwegian Air’s proposal will dilute shareholders already counting their losses after Covid-19 ruined the company’s efforts to return to profitability. The plan calls for ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is seeking shareholder approval to raise up to 2.4 billion euros ($2.6 billion), funds that could lower but not be enough to avoid the need for a government orchestrated bailout the carrier is facing to get through the coronavirus crisis. Germany’s flagship airline is seeking to issue 176 million new shares, or 36% of its existing ...

Bloomberg Indonesia has overtaken Japan to become the world’s third-biggest aviation market as airlines continue to slash passenger capacity because of the coronavirus, according to OAG Aviation Worldwide. The country’s scheduled capacity is now 2.1 million seats, down 7.8% from last week, but just ahead of Japan’s after a drop of nearly 15% there. Chinese capacity rose 7.2% to 8.7 ...

Bloomberg Universal Robina Corp’s instant coffee and noodles are flying off grocery shelves in the Philippines, but the lockdown in the main Luzon island is disrupting supply chains and limiting its ability to meet orders. The company’s CEO Irwin Lee described the last few weeks as “frenetic” for the JG Summit Holdings Inc’s unit, which has had to adapt to ...

Bloomberg True Religion Apparel Inc, once a fast-growing premium jeans brand, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, its second Chapter 11 since 2017. The company, acquired by New York- and London-based investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners in 2013 for $824 million, lists assets and liabilities of as much as $500 million each in the petition. Founded in 2002 and headquartered ...

Bloomberg Swiss chocolate makers are offering price cuts in an attempt to stem weak demand during the key Easter season, as shoppers scoop up toilet paper and soup rather than tinfoil bunnies. Lindt & Spruengli is offering online price cuts of 30% on its entire Easter assortment. Laederach, another high-end chocolate chain, abandoned its practice of avoiding discounts this year. ...

Bloomberg The world’s top oil producers pulled off a historic deal to cut global petroleum output by nearly a 10th, putting an end to the devastating price war that brought the energy industry to its knees. After a week-long marathon of bilateral calls and video conferences of ministers from the Opec+ alliance and the Group of 20 nations, an agreement ...

WAM / Agencies The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the appointment of Mustafa al-Kadhimi by Iraqi President Barham Salih to form a new Iraqi government, expressing its hope that such a move will realise the aspirations of the Iraqi people for security, stability, and continued development. In a statement, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that the ...

Bloomberg The contraction in China’s foreign trade is set to continue through the second quarter, as global demand remains depressed by measures to curb the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Both exports and imports are forecast to have slumped 10% or more in March, with data due on Tuesday expected to show a continuation of the declines seen in the first two ...

Bloomberg There are 70 coronavirus vaccines in development globally, with three candidates already being tested in human trials, according to the World Health Organisation, as drugmakers race to find a cure for the deadly pathogen. The furthest along in the clinical process is an experimental vaccine developed by Hong Kong-listed CanSino Biologics Inc. and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, which is ...