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British Airways parent mulls $3.2b share sale

Bloomberg British Airways owner IAG SA is looking at raising as much as 2.75 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in a share sale to help strengthen its balance sheet and ride out the coronavirus crisis. The London-based group, which also owns Spain’s Iberia and Aer Lingus of Ireland, said that it may opt for a rights issue, though no final decision …

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Mattel’s Barbie dolls prove to be lockdown favourite in US

Bloomberg First released in 1959, the iconic Barbie doll has seen Mattel Inc through the civil rights movement, the Cold War and the rise of the internet. And now it’s helping the company weather a global pandemic. While Mattel’s overall sales fell 15% in the second quarter from a year earlier — the result of closed retail stores, supply-chain troubles …

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SAA creditors give more time to raise funds

Bloomberg Creditors of South African Airways (SAA) gave the government more time to find the money to fund a rescue of the bankrupt state-owned airline. At a meeting convened by the airline’s administrators, creditors voted to extend the deadline to July 27 from an initial deadline of July 22. If the money is not guaranteed by then, another creditors meeting …

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