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FAA takes ‘advice’ to avoid ‘jets won’t miss runways’

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Bloomberg The US Federal Aviation Administration is implementing recommendations it rejected six years ago that could have prevented pilots from nearly landing last month on a taxiway crowded with jetliners awaiting takeoff in San Francisco. The National Transportation Safety Board in 2011 recommended a software upgrade to ground radar systems that would warn when a plane is landing in the ...

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Warburg-backed Vincom aims to prepare $600mn IPO

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Bloomberg Vincom Retail, the Vietnamese mall operator backed by Warburg Pincus, is planning a domestic initial public offering that could become the country’s biggest-ever share sale from the private sector, people with knowledge of the matter said. The unit of Vingroup JSC, Vietnam’s largest developer, has selected investment banks to work on the offering and aims to sell shares as ...

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Saudi builds cities in sand to move beyond oil

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Bloomberg After relying on oil to fuel its economy for more than half a century, Saudi Arabia is turning to its other abundant natural resource to take it beyond the oil age — desert. The kingdom is converting thousands of square kilometers of sand into new cities as it seeks to diversify away from crude, create jobs and boost investment. ...

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