As food delivery companies gobble up their competitors around the world with mounting haste, the firms’ customers risk being left with scant choice when it comes to ordering nosh online. Regulators need to take notice. Last week, Germany’s Delivery Hero SE agreed to buy Woowa Brothers Corp. in a deal valuing the South Korean company at $4 billion. The acquisition ...

Michael O’Leary of Ryanair Holdings Plc is an unlikely spokesman for how aviation can avoid killing the planet. The budget travel evangelist has delighted in disparaging “eco-warriors” and casting doubt on climate science. But as chairman of the European airline association, A4E, he’s now front and center of the effort to persuade governments not to impose new climate taxes on ...

Bloomberg Stocks declined in Europe and US index futures dipped on Tuesday as the global rally in equities eased, with the sugar rush of a partial trade deal between the two largest economies fading and investors on the hunt for fresh catalysts. Treasuries were steady. Declines in banks and consumer-goods companies undercut European stocks. Unilever tumbled after a sales-growth warning ...

Bloomberg Unilever slumped after Chief Executive Officer Alan Jope backed away from his predecessor’s growth targets as consumers around the world jilt mainstream brands. The maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap said sales gains will be slightly below guidance for 2019 and in the lower half of its multiyear range of 3% to 5% in 2020. ...

Bloomberg Airlines could come under further financial pressure should Boeing Co. go ahead with a production halt of the grounded 737 Max, with any prolonged delays in jet deliveries raising their operating costs. Carriers are paying higher rates to lease planes to make up for the loss in capacity, while delays to their expansion plans are holding back revenue growth, ...

Bloomberg Embattled Hong Kong Airlines had seven of its planes seized by the city’s Airport Authority after it failed to make some payments, deepening concerns about the future of a carrier whose financial difficulties nearly cost it its flying license. The seizure was made in accordance to the Airport Authority Ordinance, the government body said in an email on Tuesday, ...

Bloomberg Vancouver-based Harbour Air just flew an all-electric commercial aircraft—for five minutes. The neon green and indigo blue seaplane took off from the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia as a small crowd cheered from the dock. The propeller aircraft, a six-passenger de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver prototype, was powered by a magniX magni500 electric motor and piloted by Harbour Air ...

Bloomberg Hudson’s Bay Co. Chairman Richard Baker may scrap an offer to take the struggling retailer private after regulators delayed a vote on the deal following complaints from a minority shareholder. The investor group that controls the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is “evaluating next steps, including terminating the transaction,” according to a memo sent to advisers. The group plans ...

Bloomberg Online shoppers are getting fewer discounts on toys this holiday season, despite an effort by retailers to start sales earlier to offset a shorter shopping season. Toys were discounted on average 15-18% this year compared to average drop in pricing of 31% last year, UBS analyst Arpine Kocharyan wrote in a note, citing e-commerce trends tracked by Adobe Inc. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday announced AED55 million ($15 million) for school supplies that will support 400,000 students in Sudan. The monetary aid, provided by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), covers educational necessities, including classroom equipment. ADFD, in cooperation with the Sudanese government, supervised the delivery of the first shipment of school supplies that covers the ...