Bloomberg Air New Zealand carried 10% fewer passengers in the last financial year, while volumes remain less than half pre-Covid levels. Passengers carried fell to 7.7 million in the year ended in June 30 from 8.6 million a year earlier, the carrier said in Wellington. The total slumped from 17.7 million in the year through June 2019. New Zealand ...

  Bloomberg British clothing and housewares chain Next Plc is in talks to acquire a minority stake in troubled retailer Joules Group Plc for about £15 million ($18.1 million). The potential investment will be made “at no less than” its current market price, Joules said in a statement responding to a report it was looking to sell a roughly 25% ...

  Bloomberg Shipping in the Taiwan Strait began to return to normal on Monday, though China’s announcement of a new military exercise near the island signaled that risks remain for the industry. More than 40 vessels have transited through a China military drill zone south of Taiwan’s main port since Saturday, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The latest ...