Bloomberg Taiwan stocks dropped on Monday, weighed by ruling party DPP’s resounding defeat in local elections and amid a broader selloff across Asia. The benchmark Taiex slid 1.5%, the most since October 13, as investors worried that the government may stop the support measures for the market after opposition Kuomintang’s victory at the polls. The party held onto 13 …
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Oil posts third weekly loss as EU postpones talks over price-caps
Bloomberg Oil posted a third weekly loss as the European Union (EU) suspended talks over a Russian oil price cap amid disagreements between member states. West Texas Intermediate futures falls 2.1% to settle at $76.28 a barrel after trading in a more than $3 range. European diplomats remain locked in talks over how strict the cap should be, having previously …
Read More »Berlin runway invasion shows hubs at risk to climate protests
Bloomberg Shuttering Berlin airport for more than two hours and upsetting the travel plans of thousands of passengers proved little more challenging than a walk in the park for four climate protesters. Video footage of the runway invasion shows two of them calmly pushing a bicycle along a country path before slipping through a hole in the perimeter fence as …
Read More »Hong Kong expects air-passenger traffic to surge next year
Bloomberg Hong Kong expects air passenger traffic to recover to as much as 70% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year and return to normality by 2024, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, citing an official. Deputy Director of Airport Operations Steven Yiu Siu-chung brushed aside concern about the airport’s status as an aviation hub, the newspaper …
Read More »Amazon most likely to settle EU antitrust probes by end of year
Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is poised to settle European antitrust probes over how the US ecommerce giant uses rivals’ sales data and whether it unfairly favours its own products. The European Commission is likely to accept Amazon’s binding proposals by the end of the year — that includes a commitment to stop using data on independent sellers on its marketplace for …
Read More »US shoppers kick off holiday season with muted Black Friday
Bloomberg US retailers discounted heavily on Black Friday to clear out bloated inventories but customers responded with only modest traffic, leaving profitability in doubt for many chains. Crowds were thin at Connecticut’s Stamford Town Center mall, with few shoppers at Kay Jewelers and just a small line at Forever 21. A couple at a Walmart Inc supercenter near Dallas reveled …
Read More »London City Airport to scrap laptop, liquids rule in 2023
Bloomberg Passengers flying through London City Airport will be able to leave laptops and liquids in their bags when passing through security from next year. The hub, which is currently trialling one security lane equipped with next-generation baggage scanners, plans to introduce the machines on all its lanes by April as part of a partnership with Leidos Holdings Inc, …
Read More »Zara owner’s workers strike for more pay
Bloomberg Inditex SA, the Spanish owner of the Zara clothing chain, is facing two days of strikes in its home market after unions and management failed to reach an agreement on pay. Stoppages shut as many as 11 shops in the northwestern province of A Coruña, in Galicia, as workers walked off their jobs to demand a €440 ($458) …
Read More »ECB hits BNP, Deutsche with leveraged-loan capital charges
Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) is imposing higher capital requirements on lenders including BNP Paribas SA and Deutsche Bank AG, arguing that they have ignored warnings to cut risk in the lucrative business of leveraged finance, according to people familiar with the matter. The French and German investment banks are among a handful of institutions who are …
Read More »RBI asks Paytm unit to reapply for license
Bloomberg India’s banking regulator asked a unit of Paytm to resubmit its application for approval required to provide payment aggregator services, a potentially lucrative business the company is trying to expand into. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked Paytm Payments Service Ltd. to resubmit its application after seeking necessary approvals from its parent to comply with foreign direct investment …
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