Bloomberg Air France-KLM will receive as much as 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) from a French rescue plan that may not be enough to see the embattled carrier through the still-raging pandemic. The package will see the French government reemerge as the biggest shareholder with a stake of much as 30%. It comes after months of negotiations between shareholders France ...
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AirAsia plans $300m funding for digital arm
Bloomberg AirAsia Group Bhd plans to raise as much as $300 million to expand its digital business arm AirAsia Digital, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Malaysian budget airline is in talks with prospective investors for what would be the first financing round for its digital arm and is working with at least one adviser on the ...
Read More »Passengers flying to S’pore can use IATA travel pass from May
Bloomberg Singapore will allow passengers traveling to the island state to share pre-departure Covid-19 test results with airlines and immigration staff upon arrival using IATA’s Travel Pass from next month as the Southeast Asian nation takes steps to reopen its borders. The International Air Transport Association’s app is a digital solution that can be used by people to store Covid ...
Read More »US airlines bring back more pilots over travel demand
Bloomberg US airlines are bringing back more pilots as they prepare for an expected travel rebound. Delta Air Lines Inc said that it recalled all of its 1,713 idled pilots on April 1, before staffing shortages contributed to about 100 flight cancellations on April 4. About 400 will be trained in time to start flying again this summer, the company ...
Read More »H&M’s troubles in Asia compound over ‘problematic’ map
Bloomberg Hennes & Mauritz AB’s woes in Asia deepened after a “problematic†map on its website drew the attention of Chinese authorities, with the retailer’s attempts to resolve the matter then angering consumers in Vietnam. H&M’s Shanghai unit was summoned by two of the city’s regulators to correct mistakes on the image, and the company said it will carry out ...
Read More »No Starbucks disposable cups in South Korea
Bloomberg Starbucks Corp plans to eliminate disposable cups from its cafes across South Korea by 2025, the first such measure in a major market by the coffee giant, as it seeks to curb landfill waste and cut its carbon footprint. The Seattle-based chain will launch a “cup circularity†program in South Korea, starting July, as it begins tackling its global ...
Read More »China asks major banks to curtail credit for rest of year
Bloomberg China’s central bank asked the nation’s major lenders to curtail loan growth for the rest of this year after a surge in the first two months stoked bubble risks, according to people familiar with the matter. At a meeting with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on March 22, banks were told to keep new advances in 2021 at ...
Read More »Credit Suisse sells $2.3bn of stocks tied to Archegos
Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG unloaded about $2.3 billion worth of stocks tied to the Archegos Capital blowup more than a week after some rivals dumped their shares and skirted losses. The Swiss bank hit the market with block trades tied to ViacomCBS Inc, Vipshop Holdings Ltd and Farfetch Ltd, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The stocks ...
Read More »Goldman cuts short dollar call as US yields spoil bet
Bloomberg Almost six months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc recommended shorting the dollar, it’s calling it quits on the trade. In a note titled “tactical retreat,†Goldman’s currency team closed its recommended short greenback position against a basket of Group-of-10 commodity currencies, including the Australian and New Zealand dollars. The firm joins hedge funds and other investors capitulating on bearish ...
Read More »Japan’s biggest bank to rebuild Tokyo headquarters in revamp
Bloomberg Japan’s largest bank will rebuild its 40-year-old headquarters in Tokyo’s financial district as the lender prepares for a post-Covid world that will also see some compliance roles shift to India. The new building will “significantly reduce†facility expenses for the financial group by bringing together about 19,000 workers who are currently located in nine different locations across the downtown ...
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