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‘Changi Airport’s prefunding plan for T5 objectionable’

Bloomberg The airline industry’s most prominent trade body said it objects to any attempts by Singapore to charge travellers to help fund the construction of its new Terminal 5 in Changi Airport. The International Air Transport Association is “strongly against any pre-financing of any infrastructure,” IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac told a media roundtable as part of the Singapore Airshow. ...

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Online retailers new health rage as Alibaba, Astra link up

Bloomberg And just like that, another Internet giant is stepping into health care. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it’s teaming up with AstraZeneca Plc in an effort to improve health services in China, the UK-based drugmaker’s second-largest market. Coming just days after a pledge by Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to collaborate on new approaches ...

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Unilever turns to new shower foams, lotions amid price squeeze

Bloomberg Unilever is rolling out new products such as Dove shower foam to boost sales as it struggles to raise prices on longtime mainstays like Hellmann’s mayonnaise. The Anglo-Dutch consumer-product giant introduced five new brands in its personal-care division in 2017, including Hijab Fresh, a hand and body lotion aimed at Muslim consumers, and soaps formulated for babies. That helped ...

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