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EU to charge airlines more for polluting in its green strategy

Bloomberg Airlines in the world’s biggest carbon market will eventually have to pay for all the pollution from their planes as the European Union strengthens its climate policies under the Green Deal. A proposal by the European Commission includes a gradual phase out of emission allowances for carriers, and will be part of measures to be announced on July 14, ...

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Suning.com gets $1.36b state-backed, Alibaba bailout

Bloomberg Chinese billionaire Zhang Jindong secured a $1.36 billion state-backed bailout for the troubled retail arm of his Suning empire, marking another step in Beijing’s efforts to clean up its heavily indebted conglomerates. A group of investors, led by the Nanjing state asset management committee and the Jiangsu provincial government, will take a 16.96% stake in Suning.com Co, according to ...

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Investigators to begin search for Hawaii jet’s black boxes

Bloomberg US investigators plan to begin scanning the sea bed off Hawaii in search of the wreckage of a Boeing Co 737-200 that went down after losing power in both its engines. Special sonar devices that can map the sea bed will be used to locate critical wreckage and the jet’s two crash-proof recorders, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...

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