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Satellites are changing the night sky as we know it

Expect the night sky to start changing fast. One day soon, the stars we can see from Earth could be outnumbered by a vast swarm of satellites. While many people today live under the murk of light pollution, we can at least still travel to a glittering night sky in the mountains, the desert, or at sea. But if communications ...

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Fed may be quietly masking efforts to calm repo market

Bloomberg Wall Street sleuths are wondering whether the Federal Reserve is quietly doing more to calm the US repo market than just the headline-grabbing liquidity injections that have captivated observers for months. The New York Fed runs something called the foreign reverse repo pool, a place where other nations’ central banks can park cash. The amount outstanding has shrunk by ...

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India should avoid fiscal stimulus as debt surges, IMF says

Bloomberg India’s government should avoid a fiscal stimulus to spur the economy, and focus instead on cutting public debt so that financial resources can be freed up for investment, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. While the national government has a budget deficit target of 3.3% of gross domestic product in the year through March, a better reflection of the ...

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HNA group repays bond, avoiding default

Bloomberg Troubled Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co repaid a 1.3 billion yuan ($185 million) bond due on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter, avoiding what could have been its first default on a publicly issued note. HNA’s move is the latest of a series of developments that have helped calm frayed nerves in China’s debt markets in recent ...

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Sri Lanka names new central bank governor

Bloomberg Sri Lanka appointed Weligamage Don Lakshman as the new central bank governor, days before the monetary authority is due to review interest rates. Lakshman is a former adviser to the Mahinda Rajapaksa government and succeeds Indrajit Coomaraswamy, who stepped down earlier citing personal reasons. The announcement on Tuesday is among the top economic appointments by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who won ...

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Mexico prepared to act if inflation, risks stay low

Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank could take monetary policy action as soon as February if it sees that inflation as well as internal and external risks remain low, Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon said in an interview. “We have to monitor if conditions in the economy continue having this favorable trend in terms of inflation and lower external and internal risks, ...

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Goldman beware: China plans ‘aircraft carrier-sized’ rival

Bloomberg China last week commissioned its first home built aircraft carrier to project its military might. It’s now on a mission to create “aircraft carrier-sized” investment banks to take on Wall Street’s giants. As the nation prepares to fully open its $45 trillion financial industry to foreign competition next year, policy makers and regulators are pushing to beef up its ...

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Airbus can’t make jets fast enough amid 737 Max crisis

Bloomberg As Boeing Co. halts production of its beleaguered 737 Max, global rival Airbus SE is grappling with a very different problem: speeding output of its rival narrow-body. So-called “stretch” versions of the A320neo jet have sparked an order frenzy as airlines snap them up to replace costly twin-aisle planes on longer routes or cram in seats on shorter legs. ...

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Emirates to bring its flagship A380 to Kuwait Aviation Show 2020

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is set to showcase its latest flagship Airbus A380 to visitors and spectators on January 15 at the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020. Visitors to the show will be able to tour the popular double-decker’s signature interiors and experience its industry trendsetting products across all three classes, including Emirates’ latest generation ...

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Boeing discloses new set of 737 Max messages to US regulators

Bloomberg Boeing Co. has disclosed a new batch of internal messages related to the 737 Max program to federal regulators. The documents were turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency said in a statement. The disclosure came as Boeing ousted its chief executive officer. This was the second time that Boeing has delayed turning over to the ...

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