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Boeing, Airbus voice doubts on $23bn supplier merger

Bloomberg Boeing Co. and Airbus SE voiced concerns about a proposed tie-up of two leading suppliers, potentially upsetting United Technologies Corp.’s $23 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins Inc. The world’s largest planemakers added to the chorus of skeptics of a deal that would create an aerospace behemoth with a range of products to outfit jetliners and warplanes. Investors sent United ...

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Chinese tourists spur Thai mall’s $330mn expansion in 2018

Bloomberg The Platinum Group Pcl, whose wholesale fashion mall in Bangkok attracts about 15 million people yearly, expects booming Chinese tourism to support its retail shopping centre due to open next year. The firm is investing about $180 million in the project and is banking on the deep pockets of Chinese visitors to woo retailers, according to President Chanchai Phansopha. ...

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Dublin-based Ryanair scraps two cabin-bag rule

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc is rolling back its unusually generous carry-on policy after the budget airline’s customers proved more penny-pinching than expected by cramming too many bags onto the planes and causing delays. The Dublin-based carrier, which allowed two free bags in the cabin, will permit only one carry-on starting Nov. 1, with the second bag having to be checked ...

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