Bloomberg Vietnam said Exxon Mobil Corp is considering investments in the nation’s power sector, a move that would support trade with the US and open a potential new frontier for the upstream-focused oil and gas major. The Texas-based company is weighing stakes in two power plants and the gas import infrastructure to feed them, as well as in the oil …

Bloomberg It’s not often rival carriers join forces on anything in the competitive aviation industry. But last week, three of Europe’s biggest airlines teamed up to sue the UK government over plans to force visitors to self-isolate for 14 days. British Airways, EasyJet Plc and Ryanair Holdings Plc said they asked for London judges to hear a case against the …

Bloomberg Edgars needs buyers to make binding offers by the end of June to prevent the start of wind-up proceedings, putting at risk the future of a South African clothing chain that has traded for almost a century. Administrators for parent Edcon Holdings Ltd put the retailer up for sale alongside sister companies Jet and Thank U after measures to …

Bloomberg Air Namibia grounded all international flights not already wiped out by the coronavirus after the country’s president, Hage Geingob, said the state carrier should be liquidated. The southwest African nation’s carrier has received about 8.3 billion Namibian dollars ($485 million) in government funding over the past two decades and Geingob said earlier this month the country “cannot afford to …

Bloomberg The code name was “Apollo.” Its mission was to keep Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd alive. Hong Kong’s dominant airline had been in financial strife for months, its strong start to 2019 a distant memory. Social unrest in the city triggered a slump in passengers through the second half of last year. Then came the coronavirus pandemic, which forced Cathay …

Bloomberg The UK aims to drive down greenhouse gas emissions from aviation to make carbon-free transatlantic flights possible within a generation, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. Shapps said he has formed a group bringing together leaders from aviation, environmental groups and government to form the “Jet Zero Council,” as he seeks to rebuild the industry in the wake of the …

Bloomberg Inmarsat Group Holdings Ltd. says it’s found a way to safely fly civil drones over long distances, a step that may help pave the way for mass adoption by industries from transportation to energy and infrastructure. Current rules mean most non-military users have to keep drones where they can see them and can only operate one at a time …

Bloomberg AT&T Inc. is considering a sale of Warner Bros. video-game unit, a business that could fetch about $4 billion and help the company pare down its almost $200 billion in debt, CNBC reported. Activision Blizzard Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. are interested in potentially buying the division, according to CNBC, which cited unidentified people familiar …

Bloomberg After succesfully deploying drones to enforce a lockdown and curb the spread of the coronavirus, Rwanda has now enlisted the help of five robots. The nation that’s been at the forefront of technology adoption on the continent will use the Belgium-made robots at a Covid-19 treatment center to test patients’ temperatures and to alert security when people don’t wear …

Bloomberg Apple Inc. removed podcast apps Pocket Casts and Castro from its App Store in China at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China, the apps’ developers said this week. “We believe podcasting is and should remain an open medium, free of government censorship,” Pocket Casts wrote on Twitter. “As such we won’t be censoring podcast content at their …