Bloomberg The US equity-index futures dropped with Treasuries as investors weighed inflation risks and the impact of a minimum corporate tax on technology firms. The dollar ticked up. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 declined, while European stocks fluctuated between gains and losses. The 10-year rate added two basis points after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a slightly …

Bloomberg The debate about when the Federal Reserve will start scaling back bond purchases is driving some investors to emerging-market assets less exposed to a potential surge in US yields. William Blair Investment Management and Fidelity International are bulking up on high-yield or frontier bonds that are less sensitive to US interest rates. Meantime, Bank of America Corp is recommending …

Bloomberg Orsted A/S, the biggest developer of offshore wind farms, plans to spend 350 billion Danish kroner ($57 billion) by 2027 to be the world’s leading green energy provider. The Danish firm faces increasing pressure from utilities as well as oil majors that aim to be major players in the transition to clean energy, an area it pioneered when it …

Bloomberg Russian oil giant Rosneft PJSC warned of an impending shortfall in supply as global producers channel funds into a “hasty” energy transition. “The world risks a severe deficit of oil and gas,” Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. “The world consumes oil, but isn’t ready to invest in it.” His comments echo those …

Bloomberg The days of promoting liquefied natural gas as “freedom gas” or “molecules of freedom” have ended at the US Department of Energy. During a visit to Houston, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration would rather promote and sell a cleaner version of the superchilled power plant fuel. The statement marks a policy shift from the …

Bloomberg UK tourists scrambled to return from Portugal before a quarantine requirement kicks in on Tuesday, driving up ticket prices as travellers rearranged flights ahead of the deadline. A three-hour British Airways flight from Faro, in the popular Algarve region, to London City airport on Monday night costs $1,000, according to Skyscanner. The following day, when passengers will be subject …

Bloomberg Labour unions have asked the federal government to review its approval of Breeze Airways to operate in the US, citing concerns over the discount carrier’s recruitment and employment policies. The unions said Breeze, an upstart domestic carrier founded by airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, violated age discrimination and diversity statutes with a plan to hire flight attendants solely through a …

Bloomberg IndiGo, one of Asia’s biggest budget airlines, reported a wider-than-anticipated loss as passenger traffic shrank with the coronavirus tearing through India. The carrier, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, posted a loss of $157 million in the three months through March, its fourth quarter. That compared with a loss of 8.7 billion rupee a year ago. The average forecast from …

Bloomberg Thousands of female Tesco Plc workers in the UK were handed a post-Brexit boost after the European Union’s top court said the bloc’s rules on equal pay for equal work can be invoked in supermarket pay cases. The UK’s largest retailer lost a ruling, which allows EU law to be taken into account when determining if predominantly female shop …

Bloomberg France will allow vaccinated travellers from the European Union to enter without showing negative Covid-19 tests starting from June 9, a move designed to ease travel before the traditional summer holiday season. The looser rules unveiled for one of the world’s top destinations will organise countries into three categories, with visitors from so-called “green” nations accepted with proof of …