AFP China will launch an anti-trust probe into the $3.8 billion merger of US media giants Comcast and DreamWorks Animation, the country’s commerce ministry said. In April, Comcast — the biggest cable television operator in the US — bid for the creators of the Kung-fu Panda series, a smash hit in China. A Chinese company lodged a complaint about ...

  Bloomberg India must have a strong and independent central bank to ensure macroeconomic stability in the world’s fastest-growing major economy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said a day before his term ends. central banks should be independent and should be able to say no to seemingly attractive proposals,” Rajan said in a speech in New Delhi on ...

  Bloomberg Tens of thousands of people took to streets of Taipei City, Taiwan, on Saturday in protest against pension-reform procedures, adding to growing woes for President Tsai Ing-wen who faces a decline in approval ratings after three months in office. More than 110,000 people took part in the rally, Cti TV reported. The protest, attended by former premier Hau ...

  Emirates Business British Airways (BA) has started flying directly to Tehran to London Heathrow, following the airline’s return to Iran on September 2, marking 70 years since British Airways first started flying to the country. The route from Imam Khomeini International Airport is being serviced by six-weekly flights to British Airway’s hub at London Heathrow’s Terminal 5. This follows ...

  Bloomberg British Airways will cut one of its two daily flights from London City Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy International hub, slashing capacity on a business-class-only service that began in 2009. The change will be introduced with the winter schedule at the end of October, leaving British Airways with up to 12 daily flights to terminals in ...

  Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will relocate about 7,000 back-office workers as the world’s largest retail chain tries to make its stores more efficient. The employees — a handful at each of its 3,500 supercenters — will be moved to other parts of the stores, according to Deisha Barnett, a spokeswoman for the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company. The workers’ pay could ...

  Bloomberg A consortium led by Simon Property Group Inc. and General Growth Properties Inc. won an auction for the assets of Aeropostale Inc., with a plan to keep open at least 229 of the bankrupt teen retailer’s stores. The bidding group will also keep the chain’s online business and licensing operation up and running, according to a statement. The ...

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc. said the computer failure that caused 2,300 flight cancellations last month cut sales about $100 million and reduced a key revenue figure. Passenger revenue for each seat flown a mile, an industry benchmark, fell 9.5 percent in August, in part because of the outage and subsequent recovery efforts, the carrier said in a statement ...

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. surged after the surprise hire of American Airlines Group Inc.’s president strengthened its executive roster and won praise from industry analysts. Scott Kirby will help United close its profitability gap with American and Delta Air Lines Inc. in the next 12 to 18 months, Savanthi Syth, an analyst at Raymond James Financial, said in ...

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc could snap up more Boeing Co. 737s should other carriers shy away from orders amid softening demand, Chief Executive Office Michael O’Leary said. Ryanair is interested in sourcing extra single-aisle planes, even though it has 115 current generation 737-800s due for delivery over the next few years followed by 100 updated 737 Max 200s arriving ...