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Euro bears return as France vote comes into focus again

  Bloomberg The euro is slipping again, after Wednesday’s modest bounce proved too weak to last. Concerns about European political risks that were recently focused on the second round of France elections are now broadening to include the first round and even next month’s Dutch vote. Investors lightened short-euro positions in the spot market Wednesday as the Bloomberg Euro Index ...

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Qantas profit declines less than expected amid competition

  Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd.’s first-half earnings dropped less than the company’s forecast amid a recovery in the domestic market, while competition on international routes weighed on air fares. Shares jumped the most in almost eight months. Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce, who is in the final six months of a three-year turnaround plan, said confidence is returning in the ...

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Trump-Iran tensions halt Indian carrier’s Tehran flight plans

  Bloomberg Air India Express, the low-cost unit of the South Asian nation’s flag carrier, has put on hold a plan to fly to Tehran amid renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran after President Donald Trump imposed fresh sanctions on the Gulf country. Since some of Air India Ltd.’s plane purchases were funded by the Export-Import Bank of the ...

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