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Mexican airport U-turn spurs interest in Lima expansion

Bloomberg Mexico’s decision to cancel a $13 billion airport has made investors hungrier to participate in the expansion of Peru’s main air terminus, according to the project’s director. Anton Aramayo, who is overseeing the plans at Lima Airport Partners, said dozens of international companies are interested in bidding for around $1.2 billion of works to build a second runway and ...

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‘Nut rage’ heiress slams brother atop family business

Bloomberg The South Korean business dynasty that gained notoriety with the “nut-rage incident” is generating turbulence again. Heather Cho, 45, the eldest daughter of the founding family’s late patriarch, voiced her discontent over how her brother has been running the Hanjin conglomerate, whose units include flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. Walter Cho, the 43-year-old chairman of Hanjin Group and ...

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Shoppers in Asia want Europe’s handbags, not its supermarkets

Bloomberg Even as global consumer brands grow more dependent on Asia for sales of everything from fancy handbags to baby formula, European retailers keep retreating from the world’s fastest-growing markets. The UK’s Tesco Plc, which said this month that it’s weighing a sale of its Thailand and Malaysia operations, is just the latest. Earlier this year, Germany’s Metro AG and ...

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