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Boeing vows to up cash bounty even if 777 output gets cut

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. will remain a cash-generating juggernaut even if weak demand forces deeper production cuts to the 777 jetliner, a crucial source of profit, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said. Cash flow will increase next year and in 2018 as the Chicago-based planemaker fills a record backlog of orders and reaps its first profits from the 787 Dreamliner, ...

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German airline strikes ground 400 flights

  Berlin / AFP Strikes at German low-cost airlines Eurowings and Germanwings led to the cancellation of nearly 400 flights Thursday, stranding some 40,000 passengers, a spokesman for the two companies said. The airlines, owned by flag carrier Lufthansa, are locked in disputes with the Ufo flight attendants union. Eurowings staff are calling for salary increases and improved working conditions ...

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Qatar Airways to look at EU fair competition clauses

  AMSTERDAM / Reuters Qatar Airways expected talks with the European Union on new air traffic services agreements will take several years, and Qatar will focus on ensuring the EU’s planned fair competition clauses do not disadvantage the carrier, its CEO said. “We’re still in the early days of negotiating with the EU, and one area of particular notice is ...

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GKN braces for A380 hit

  Bloomberg GKN Plc said it’s preparing to take an earnings hit as Airbus Group SE halves the build rate for the A380 superjumbo, and it may cut 230 jobs at a United Kingdom helicopter-parts plant as the aerospace industry wrestles with ebbing demand for older models and production glitches afflicting new aircraft. Airbus’s decision to slash A380 output to ...

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Kering jumps as Gucci’s strong sales bode well for Christmas

  Bloomberg Kering SA shares rose to the highest in more than 15 years after strong demand for new Gucci handbags and sandals contributed to the fastest quarterly sales growth since 2012, boding well for luxury-goods makers as Christmas approaches. The stock jumped as much as 8.3 percent to 204.10 euros in Paris, the highest since June 6, 2001, when ...

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Deutsche defies predictions with surprise profit in Q3

  Frankfurt / AFP Troubled German lender Deutsche Bank reported on Thursday a surprise profit in the third quarter, confounding expectations of further expensive legal pain for the Frankfurt institution. “We continued to make good progress on restructuring the bank,” chief executive John Cryan said in a statement. “The results for the quarter demonstrate well the strengths of our operating ...

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Barclays posts 35% jump in profit

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc said profit rose 35 percent in the third quarter as revenue from fixed-income trading surged to the highest in more than two years. Barclays Plc said profit rose 35 percent in the third quarter as revenue from fixed-income trading surged to the highest in more than two years. The results may help Chief Executive Officer Jes ...

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NAB posts better than expected FY profit

  Bloomberg National Australia Bank Ltd., the nation’s third-largest by assets, posted a 4 percent increase in full-year cash earnings on its domestic banking and wealth management businesses. Unaudited cash profit, which excludes one-time items, rose to A$6.48 billion ($4.96 billion) in the year ended Sept. 30, from A$5.84 billion a year earlier, the Melbourne-based lender said on Thursday in ...

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Lloyds to maintain lending margins

  Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, said it expects to maintain lending margins next year and reassured investors on its outlook for dividends. The bank’s net interest margin should hold steady around 2.7 percent in 2017 even as the Bank of England keeps interest rates at record-low levels, and the firm will generate enough capital to ...

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