Bloomberg Spring Airlines Co and Japan Airlines Co are anticipating a post-pandemic tourism boom between China and Japan for their joint-owned budget carrier, even though Japan still lags behind major economies in reopening its borders. Spring Airlines Japan Co had operated seven routes from Narita to Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Wuhan and other cities, but five of them were suspended due …

Bloomberg The company running the Chinese business of iconic Canadian coffee shop chain Tim Hortons agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check company Silver Crest Acquisition Corp. The transaction will give Tim Hortons China a Nasdaq listing and value the business at about $1.69 billion including debt, Silver Crest said in a regulatory filing, which confirmed an earlier …

Bloomberg US consumer sentiment fell in early August to the lowest level in nearly a decade as Americans grew more concerned about the economy’s prospects, inflation and the recent surge in coronavirus cases. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index fell by 11 points to 70.2, the lowest since December 2011, data released showed. The figure fell well short of …