Bloomberg India is seeking payment for the losses caused by climate disasters, its environment ministry said while laying out the country’s positions on critical issues that will be negotiated at the United Nations’ COP26 climate summit in the coming weeks. “Our ask is this: there should be a compensation for expenses incurred, and it should be borne by developed nations,” ...

Bloomberg South Korean conglomerate SK Group plans to reduce carbon emissions by 200 million tons by 2030, as it increases investments in green technologies. The company will initially cut 50 million tons of emissions through enhancing efficiency in its processes and purchasing renewable energy, Chairman Chey Tae-won was quoted as saying in a statement. SK will also invest more than ...

The supply chain has huffed and puffed, but it hasn’t knocked industrial demand down — at least not yet. A dangerous combination of logistics logjams, widespread parts shortages, hiring difficulties and rising inflation had threatened to make this earnings season a particularly ugly one for the manufacturing sector. Those pressures are real; they’re taking a bite out of margins and ...

Intel Corp’s future is looking a bit grim. The chipmaker posted worse-than-expected sales results with adjusted revenue of $18.1 billion in the quarter ended in September, up 5% compared with the prior year, and below the $18.24 billion median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. While earnings for the quarter came in above estimates, that was overshadowed by a disappointing ...

AT&T Inc’s turnaround — an exacting mission that has involved selling nearly everything acquired under its former chief executive officer — is finally showing signs of working. But this long-awaited progress on the business front comes as the Dallas-based wireless giant’s public image takes a bruising. It has come to be seen by some as the corporate villain behind both ...

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany beneath the Baltic Sea is vilified in the US and parts of Europe as a Russian plot to ensnare European gas buyers. It’s not. It’s the final link in a 30-year project to divert Russian oil and gas exports away from transit routes across former Soviet neighbours. From a Russian ...

Bloomberg Two key groups of Latam Airlines Group SA creditors, frustrated by a bankruptcy process that has dragged on for almost 18 months, are asking for a mediator to help devise an exit plan for the Chilean carrier. The airline’s unsecured creditors and a consortium holding billions of dollars in claims complained about the lack of progress and asked the ...

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc was sued by a package holiday service over accusations that the airline is exploiting its market dominance in an “aggressive” pursuit against online travel agents. On the Beach Group Plc accused the budget airline of monopolising the market for booking services and not giving customers a “free and fair choice,” according to a London court filing. ...

Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd is gearing up for a Christmas rush, bringing back all its Australian workers and adding flights as the nation’s borders reopen after more than 18 months of near-isolation. The airline will start its first commercial flights between Australia and India in almost a decade before Christmas, and flights to Singapore, Bangkok, Fiji, Phuket and Johannesburg will ...

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co trimmed its flight schedule for the second time since August, cutting back on fourth-quarter flying as it struggles to hire enough workers and recover from customer anger over widespread delays. Fourth-quarter capacity will decline 8% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019, compared with a prior plan for a 5% drop, the Dallas-based carrier said as it released ...