Bloomberg Asian airport operators’ earnings, and their share prices, may be ready to take off. Rising wealth, improving connectivity and social media penetration will spur spending on international air travel, Morgan Stanley analysts including Daniel Lau wrote in a research report. Operating profit growth for airports under the firm’s coverage will pick up to a 9.5 percent compounded annual growth ...

Bloomberg A tourist boom has caused traffic at Iceland’s Keflavik airport to grow more than five-fold over the past nine years, with a predicted 10 million passengers this year. Now Iceland’s main entry point to the world is preparing to accommodate twice as many. The airport expects to invest about $1 billion over the next 7 to 8 years to ...

Bloomberg While President Donald Trump prepares to announce his decision on new solar panel import tariffs, the US industry is quietly trying to broker a sweeping deal to settle a different trade dispute with China involving an estimated $1.5 billion held by Washington. Since 2012, the US has been collecting duties on panels imported from China. American solar companies are ...