Bloomberg It’s not easy to wipe the trademark grin off Branson’s face, but one way is to ask the British billionaire about the challenges facing his home country. Speaking in Texas about Virgin Atlantic Airways’ bid to tap Austin’s tech boom with its first flights to the state, Branson’s ebullience fades when the conversation switches to the economic squeeze and …

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc’s Spanish cabin crew unions have announced a strike in late June and early July after pay talks fell apart. Workers are set to strike on June 24, 25, 26 and 30, as well as on July 1 and 2, officials for the main Spanish crew unions USO and SITCPLA said in a press conference in Madrid. …

  Bloomberg Overstock.com Inc is poised to take advantage of the inventory glut plaguing retailers like Target Corp and Walmart Inc. The e-commerce company specialises in helping chains liquidate slow-moving merchandise, and now it will have more opportunities than usual. US retailers racked up excess goods to ensure shelves stayed full during the pandemic. But now shoppers have shifted spending …

  Bloomberg Singapore’s Changi Airport will reopen two of its terminals that were shuttered due to Covid-19 as travel springs back faster than expected. Terminal 4 will reopen in September and departure operations in the southern wing of Terminal 2 will restart from October, Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte said in a statement. The added capacity will allow the airport …

  Bloomberg Cosmetics giant Revlon Inc is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as next week as it battles supply chain problems and a heavy debt load, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Talks around the potential filing aren’t final and could change, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing private negotiations. …

  Bloomberg Chart patterns indicate that a revival in China’s technology stocks is running into key technical tests.The Hang Seng Tech Index has rallied 39% since mid-March through June 10 on bets that Beijing is drawing the curtain down on a regulatory clampdown on the sector. That’s added $441 billion in market value across the 30-member gauge. The index lost …

  Bloomberg The Indian rupee declined to a new record low and stocks slid as global risk-off sentiment spurred by expectations of aggressive Federal Reserve tightening weighed on emerging-market assets and stoked fears of more equity outflows. The local currency slid as much as 0.6% to 78.2825 per dollar on Monday, after having hit a series of lows in recent …

  Bloomberg Bitcoin continued its selloff into Asia’s on Monday morning as part of broader declines in cryptocurrencies after a sharp rise in US inflation triggered risk-off sentiment. The world’s largest digital token tumbled as much as 6.4% to $25,593, its lowest level since May 12, in a seventh day of losses. Ether declines as much as 9% to $1,342.32. …

Bloomberg Saudi Telecom Co., the most profitable mobile operator in the Middle East, will increase its capital by 30 billion riyals ($8 billion) through the issuance of bonus shares. The stock rises. The company, which is controlled by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to issue 1.5 bonus shares for every existing share, through capitalising retained earnings, according to a …

  Bloomberg TotalEnergies SE became the first foreign company to win a stake in a multi-billion dollar project to boost Qatar’s gas exports. Qatar is expanding production of liquefied natural gas amid a worldwide energy crunch. Global demand for the fuel is soaring as European nations race to wean themselves off Russian gas supplies in the wake of Moscow’s attack …