Admin
May 30, 2021 Aviation
Bloomberg Boeing Co has halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner just two months after restarting them as the company works to get regulatory approval for its plan to resolve previously disclosed quality issues. The planemaker is providing the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with added analysis and documentation of proposed fixes for undelivered jets, according to a company statement. The …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Aviation
Bloomberg US aviation officials urged flight crews operating over Belarus to exercise “extreme caution,†but stopped short of a ban on overflights of the region. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a so-called notice to airmen in the wake of the forced diversion of an airliner carrying a political opponent of that nation’s government. The European Union’s air-safety regulator advised …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Retail
Bloomberg Best Buy Co boosted its full-year sales forecast after revenue soared in the first quarter, fueled by what it deemed “extraordinarily high†demand for its electronics that has continued even as the pandemic wanes. The shares rose. The big-box retailer said it now sees company-wide comparable sales rising between 3% and 6% this fiscal year. It had earlier expected …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Aviation
Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd is considering giving free flight vouchers or air miles to people who’ve had Covid-19 shots, joining a growing list of businesses offering vaccination incentives to kick-start global travel. While details haven’t been finalised, fully inoculated Qantas frequent fliers might also be offered free loyalty status credits, Qantas said in a statement. The program is due to …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Aviation
Bloomberg Myanmar suspended some domestic flights and imposed restrictions in some townships to fight a surge in Covid cases in the past two days, the Ministry of Health and Sports said. Domestic flights between the commercial capital, Yangon, and at least five cities will be suspended for at least two weeks beginning from May 29. Myanmar Airways International-Air KBZ Group, …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Aviation
Bloomberg Indonesia’s flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia confirmed it is taking steps to restructure its debt and revamp its business in order to stay afloat amid the pandemic. The airline is negotiating terms with plane lessors and is talking with banks and business partners to restructure its loans, according to a stock exchange filing submitted. The coronavirus outbreak has forced …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Banking
Bloomberg The euro’s charge towards a three-year high is stumbling as the European Central Bank quashes expectations that it’s anywhere near paring back emergency stimulus. The ECB is increasingly expected by economists and investors to extend its elevated pace of emergency bond-buying at a June meeting, even as the continent’s vaccination program surges forward and economy rebounds. That’s putting a …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Banking
Bloomberg Canada’s biggest banks are signaling that financial issues from the Covid-19 crisis are largely in the rear-view mirror in North America — and earlier than analysts had expected. After a year of stockpiling record amounts of capital to protect against a wave of loan defaults, Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank — the country’s two largest banks — …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Banking
Bloomberg The Swedish central bank will by law have to identify threats against sustainable development and consider issues such as employment when it conducts policy, according to a government proposal. Climate change could become a long term threat “to economic development broadly, as well as stability in the financial system,†according to the proposal for a new Riksbank Act, which …
Read More »
Admin
May 30, 2021 Banking
Bloomberg Morgan Stanley moved closer to take full control of its securities and fund management ventures in China as it ramped up investments in the world’s second-largest economy. The US bank is buying an additional 39% of the securities joint venture for 569.6 million yuan ($89.5 million), according to an exchange filing from Shanghai Chinafortune Co, the parent company of …
Read More »