Bloomberg Air New Zealand will move its head office to a new campus at Auckland Airport, vacating its central city site to reduce costs and get all staff at a single location. The airline has approved in-principle a project to centralise its Auckland workforce at a refurbished airport campus by 2024, it said. It will also proceed with construction of ...
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Raytheon cuts 2022 sales forecast on Russia sanctions’ impact
Bloomberg Aerospace and defense giant Raytheon Technologies Corp cut its 2022 sales forecast and warned of potential supplier constraints as it ends commercial ties with Russian customers and a titanium supplier. “We’re done in Russia. Full stop,†Raytheon’s Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes said of the aerospace and defense conglomerate’s dealings with Russia in the wake of the nation’s ...
Read More »Opposing pilot inputs likely behind ‘777’ landing scare
Bloomberg An aircraft landing scare in Paris earlier this month most likely resulted from the Air France pilots submitting contradictory commands, rather than any malfunction of the plane, according France’s air-safety investigator. No failure warnings were activated and no anomaly was observed with the Boeing Co 777 in the incident, the Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses said. Flight AF011 from ...
Read More »Unilever boosts revenue by raising prices
Bloomberg Unilever Plc is increasing the pressure on consumers worldwide with higher prices for Dove soap, raising the risk that shoppers may start to balk at spending more. All company reported sales growth at about double the pace analysts had expected. Unilever forecast full-year revenue growth at the top end of its forecast, though warned that profitability may suffer ...
Read More »German parliament backs heavy weapons supplies for Ukraine
Bloomberg Germany’s parliament urged the government to quickly supply Ukraine with heavy weapons and other equipment to help its defense against Russia. The three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition and the largest opposition group — which combined hold over 80% of the seats in the lower house of parliament — teamed up to support a motion in a show ...
Read More »Reports of naval base on Solomon Islands is ‘fake news’: China
Bloomberg China denied reports that it plans to build a naval base in the Solomon Islands, with a Defense Ministry spokesman calling them “fake news.†Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Chinese military base in the Solomon Islands would be a “red line†for his government, after Beijing signed a security pact with the government in Honiara. The ...
Read More »Modi weighs replacing India’s religion-based laws before polls
Bloomberg Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is weighing the political costs of replacing India’s religion-based marriage and inheritance laws with a uniform civil code ahead of national elections in 2024, according to people involved in the plan, a move that risks alienating a broad spectrum of voters. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has begun the process to implement uniform civil ...
Read More »Kim Jong-un appears to lower his guardrails for nuclear strike
Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to have lowered his threshold for a nuclear strike, raising the risks for a miscalculation as he rolls out new weapons whose uses range from nearby tactical strikes to threatening the US homeland from afar. Kim signalled a looser policy towards his possible use of atomic weapons at a military parade in Pyongyang ...
Read More »Bipartisan immigration meet to be convened
Bloomberg A bipartisan group of senators was expected to meet to discuss options for passing immigration legislation this year. “The idea is to get as many bipartisan bills we can find that have goals that will add up to 60,†Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said, referring to the Senate’s threshold for passing most legislation. Sens John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom ...
Read More »Deutsche Bank’s traders take Sewing closer to profit goal
Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG raised the outlook for its investment bank after fixed-income traders outperformed Wall Street peers for a seventh straight quarter, boosting Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing in the final year of his turnaround plan. Revenue from buying and selling fixed-income securities rise 15% from a year earlier, beating the biggest US investment banks, where the business ...
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