Bloomberg Thai Airways International’s second-quarter loss more than doubled as the global economic slowdown, fierce competition and a strengthened baht took their toll on revenue. The company reported a $223.7 million loss in the second quarter, compared with a 3.1 billion baht deficit a year earlier, according to a filing to Thai exchange.Revenue fell 10 percent to 42.5 billion baht. ...

Bloomberg Shortly before taking office last year, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador upended construction of a $13 billion airport for the nation’s capital. The glitzy, modernist project was riddled with corruption, AMLO said, and congestion could be eased more cheaply with a plan that included improvements for the existing hub. But now, just nine months later, the full extent ...

Bloomberg Recession fears are spreading among investors at a time when valuations across major assets are looking dangero-usly stretched following years of monetary stimulus, the latest Bank of America Corp survey shows. About a third of asset managers polled believe a global recession is likely in the next 12 months, the highest probability since 2011 — when Europe was engulfed ...