Bloomberg Walmart Inc will fully integrate all Jet.com employees into the larger company and shrink the unit’s management team nearly three years after buying the e-commerce site. The changes, outlined in a memo from Jet co-founder Marc Lore, include the departure of Jet president Simon Belsham, who will seek another opportunity inside or outside the company after a transition period …
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United suspends route after Iran downs US drone
Bloomberg United Airlines has suspended its service between Newark and Mumbai, a route that regularly flies through Iranian airspace, after Iran shot down a US military drone and as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. “Given current events in Iran, United has conducted a thorough safety and security review of our India service through Iranian airspace and decided …
Read More »China would fight trade war to the end, says state media
Bloomberg China has the strength and patience to withstand the trade war, and will fight to the end if the US administration persists with it, China’s state-run People’s Daily said in an editorial on Saturday. The US must drop all tariffs imposed on China if it wants to negotiate on trade, and only an equal dia- logue can resolve the …
Read More »Bitcoin hits 15-month high, breaches $10,000
Bloomberg Bitcoin breached $10,000 for the first time in about 15 months, recouping more than half of the parabolic increase that introduced mainstream investors to the digital asset before the bursting of the cryptocurrency bubble. “The bounce back of Bitcoin has been fairly extraordinary,†said Geo-rge McDonaugh, chief executive and co-founder of London-based block-chain and cryptocurrency investment firm KR1 Plc. …
Read More »Gold records biggest weekly gain in 3 years
Bloomberg Call it the trifecta that gave rocket fuel to the gold market: Powell, positioning and politics. Gold ended the week trading near $1,400 and recorded bigg-est weekly gain in three years. It was Jerome Powell’s signal that Federal Reserve is moving closer to lowering interest rates and a brewing conflict between Iran and the US that lit a spark …
Read More »Damac launches luxury homes in Business Bay
Dubai / Emirates Business Damac Properties announced the launch of its new project, ‘Zada’, in Dubai’s Business Bay area. Priced at AED 699,999, the exquisitely designed one-bedroom apartments offer views of the iconic Dubai Canal. The official launch will take place on June 29, and Damac is offering prospective buyers a chance to pay for the property in monthly instalments …
Read More »Walmart’s kickstarting a $1tn driverless delivery market
Bloomberg Walmart Inc came to dominate retailing through its mastery of logistics—the complicated choreography of getting goods from farm or factory to the consumer. But even the world’s biggest store doesn’t make money selling its wares online in the US, largely due to runaway shipping costs. So Walmart is turning to robots. Earlier this month, Walmart’s US chief Greg Foran …
Read More »Waymo to study driverless services with ‘auto alliance’
Bloomberg Waymo LLC agreed to explore driverless services with Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp, pairing a leader in self-driving technology with the world’s largest automotive alliance. The three carmakers and Alphabet Inc’s autonomous-vehicle unit will study market opportunities and research legal and safety issues related to driverless transportation services in France and Japan, the companies said …
Read More »Rolls-Royce’s chief looks to electric-aircraft future
Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc’s Warren East said he’s keen to lead the engine maker into a new age of electrically powered aircraft after spending years focussed on costs cuts and restructuring. The CEO, recruited by Rolls from semiconductor developer ARM Holdings Plc, said his enthusiasm for leading the UK engineering giant is undimmed by the saga of firings, disposals and …
Read More »Fed stress test: Goldman, Morgan Stanley improve after 2018 slip
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley improved on last year’s poor results in the first round of the latest Federal Reserve stress tests, a sign they may have more flexibility to boost payouts to shareholders. In figures posted by the Fed, the pair didn’t come as close to breaching regulatory minimums as they did last year, offering hope …
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