Bloomberg Hong Kong’s stock exchange suffered its worst slide in profit in almost three years as the Asian financial hub is buffeted by social unrest and political tension between the US and China. Facing turmoil on multiple fronts, trading slid in the period and the number of stock listings this year is running at about half the pace of 2018. ...

Bloomberg India will be the world’s fastest-growing aviation market over the next two decades, according to Boeing, which expects the South Asian nation to need 2,380 planes in that period at a value of $330 billion. The US manufacturer’s forecast is slightly higher than the one it made in December 2018, when it said India would require 2,300 new aircraft ...

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd said travel demand to Hong Kong remains weak as months of protests and violent unrest have discouraged people from visiting the city. The airline cancelled some flights when there weren’t enough passengers or shifted the load to other services, Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong said at an earnings briefing in Singapore. “The impact is probably ...

Bloomberg Tapestry Inc posted earnings that topped analysts’ estimates even amid a sharp sales decline at its Kate Spade brand, which has struggled to rebound after a period of heavy discounting and flash sales. Excluding some items, profit of 40 cents a share topped projections of 36 cents. The Coach brand, which accounts for more than two-thirds of Tapestry revenue, ...

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle, the debt-ridden low-cost airline, is returning to capital markets in a bid to raise potentially more than $300 million. Norwegian is contemplating a private placement of as many as 27.25 million new shares, representing about 20% of its share capital. The company also wants to sell convertible bonds for as much as $175 million, it said. ...

Bloomberg Shake Shack Inc tumbled to what would be its lowest level since July after the burger chain’s third-quarter comparable sales trailed estimates and management reduced its sales target. “After seeing improved trends over the last two quarters, 3Q results — as well as 4Q commentary — were a sobering reminder of the volatility in results that often accompanies the ...

Bloomberg Marks & Spencer Group Plc’s efforts to turn around its troubled clothing business showed signs of life in the autumn, boosting the UK retailer after a weak first half of the year. The division’s full-price and planned promotional sales rose 2.7% in October, the company said on Wednesday. The shares gained as much as 7.9% in early London trading, ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of Dubai Economy, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Standard Chartered Bank, to facilitate consultation, cooperation and exchange of information in areas of mutual interest and objectives. In line with Dubai FDI’s efforts to consolidate the emirate’s position as a preferred global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), destination, this ...

London / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday announced a partnership with Tourism Malaysia to attract visitors from Europe and the Middle East to Malaysia, via the airline’s Abu Dhabi hub. The agreement was signed at the World Travel Market in London, attended by representatives from both organisations and trade partners. The ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The total assets of UAE-based commercial banks increased to circa AED2.457 trillion by the end September, AED173 billion ($47.1 billion) of which were recorded over the past nine months only, accounting for 81.3 percent of the UAE banks’ total assets, statistics by the Central Bank of the UAE showed on Tuesday. Up to 19.7 percent of ...