Bloomberg A leak discovered on a Buckeye Pipe Line Company LP pipe that is the primary source of jet fuel for John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport hasn’t affected operations at the hub, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “JFK has enough jet fuel for three days, so the airport is equipped to respond to ...

LONDON / Bloomberg Britain’s banks have criticised the UK Treasury’s plan to pare back the scope of the bank levy to lenders’ domestic businesses only, warning international operations could still be subject to taxation after the changes. Under the government’s current proposal, funds raised at a UK holding company level and then passed down to an international subsidiary would continue ...

BAKU / Bloomberg The once-in-a-generation crash in oil prices sent the Azeri economy staggering into a crisis and the central bank is running out of options to stop the unraveling. Every seventh lender is now shut, the currency is testing new lows and by one measure Azerbaijan’s international reserves are as thin as Ukraine’s. The central bank has little to ...