Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc’s bid to block a strike by UK pilots rather than return to talks means a walkout before Britain’s busiest weekend for air travel is more certain, according to the union that called the action. Ryanair has lost the chance to resolve the pay dispute by seeking a High Court injunction at a hearing to be held ...

Bloomberg Pandora A/S, a Danish jewellery company that spent much of last year under attack by hedge funds as it tries to relaunch its brand, jumped in Copenhagen trading after it delivered a smaller decline in operating profit than the market had expected. The stock soared as much as 9.9 percent during trading in the Danish capital, its biggest gain ...

Bloomberg Canadian private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group Inc bought a 10 percent stake in Hudson’s Bay Co through a previously announced tender offer as part of its efforts to block a proposed takeover by the retailer’s chairman. The Toronto-based firm said in a statement it had received and accepted about 18.5 million shares in Hudson’s Bay for roughly C$187 ...

Bloomberg TUI AG blamed the grounding of its Boeing Co 737 Max fleet for wiping out a profit rebound as the world’s largest holiday company cut costs and expanded in cruise ships. The global idling of the Max following two fatal crashes meant TUI had to lease in less-efficient jets from third parties, according to a statement, cutting earnings by ...

Bloomberg Home Depot Inc cut its revenue forecast on lumber price deflation and concern that President Donald Trump’s recently announced tariffs will hurt US consumption. Same-store sales — a key gauge of a retailer’s performance — rose 3 percent in the second quarter, trailing the average 3.2 percent projection, according to Consensus Metrix. The company now sees 4 percent growth ...

Bloomberg Oil rose for a second day as a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field revived concerns that the tense Middle East political situation may jeopardise crude exports. Futures in New York advanced 0.6 percent to trade near $55 a barrel. Yemeni rebels attacked oil and gas facilities at the Shaybah field in the southeast part of the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Monday announced that its listed companies have record-ed a 96 percent compliance regarding the disclosure of Q2- 2019 results within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the period. The total number of UAE public and private joint-stock companies as well as the dually- listed companies on Dubai Financial Market, ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are getting a lot of blame for slowing the global economy, but it’s his Twitter habit that could be even more harmful. According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’ Dan Hanson, Jamie Rush and Tom Orlik, uncertainty over trade could lower world gross domestic product by 0.6 percent in 2021, relative ...

Bloomberg The US will extend for another 90 days a narrow set of exemptions that had protected rural networks and other US customers from a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co., Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday. Some telecom companies in the US are “dependent” on Huawei, and thus a 90-day reprieve was deemed appropriate, Ross ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Following the release of A-Level examination and GCSE results, high school students across the UAE will heave a sigh of relief — but after months of anxious waiting, selecting a future career can still pose a dilemma for many, especially for those who do not prefer to pursue a conventional education. Stepping in to support students ...