Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co., the US bank with the largest workforce, is making plans to bring its employees back into offices in September. The company, which has about 200,000 employees working from home, is extending that arrangement through September 6, and aims to return to a “more normal operating model” that month, according to a memo from Chief Executive …

Bloomberg The Indian rupee, Asia’s best-performing currency in March, is going to slide right back to levels last seen in the depths of the pandemic meltdown, according to Parul Mittal Sinha at Standard Chartered Plc. The currency will drop towards 76.5 to a dollar — about 4% weaker than current levels — by the end of the year, said the …

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) said the 1,800 new graduates it’s hiring will be trained online, but are likely to work in offices. Virtual training and orientation, including any licensing needed, will begin in July for the bank’s campus hires, with the aim of having new employees at offices in October, Bank of America said. In-office assignments will depend …

Bloomberg The spike in bond yields this year may have spooked many global equity investors, but fans of the historically underperforming European market are winning big. The blue-chip Euro Stoxx 50 Index has surged 11% this year, outpacing other major market benchmarks including the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index. A predominance of cheap and cyclical shares has …

Bloomberg The day-trading Reddit crowd turned the first quarter of 2021 into one of the wildest periods of stock market mania in modern history. Books — plural — will undoubtedly be dedicated to the topic in years to come. But after these small-time speculators banded together to drive up dozens of obscure stocks by hundreds or even thousands of percent …

Bloomberg President Joe Biden said the sweeping infrastructure proposal he unveiled this week would result in 19 million jobs created over the next decade as the US seeks to emerge from the pandemic. “Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan the economy will create 19 million jobs,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “Good jobs, blue …

CAIRO / WAM / Reuters The last ships stranded by the grounding of a giant container vessel in the Suez Canal was expected to pass through the waterway on Saturday, according to the canal authority, which said an investigation into the incident would report its findings soon. Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said 85 ships were …

Bloomberg Frontier Group Holdings Inc struggled to gain traction in its trading debut after selling shares at the bottom of a marketed range. The stock slipped less than 1% to close at $18.85 in New York after an initial public offering at $19 a share. By contrast, rival discounter Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc opened with a pop after an …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG will ask shareholders to approve a capital increase that would open a path towards removing the German government as its biggest shareholder. The proposed 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in fresh capital would give Europe’s largest airline enough cash to replace a so-called silent participation, a major part of Lufthansa’s 9 billion-euro bailout from the state. …

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc will resume pilot hiring as the carrier sees signs of a sales recovery amid expanding US vaccination campaigns. The carrier will begin with 300 pilots who received a conditional job offer last year or had a new-hire class that was canceled, Bryan Quigley, senior vice president of flight operations, told employees. The decision followed a …