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Pilots shut down Pratt & Whitney engine mid-air

Bloomberg Pilots of an Airbus SE A320neo jet in India shut down a Pratt & Whitney engine mid-air last month after it encountered problems, people familiar with the incident said, reviving concerns about the turbines that have been plagued by issues since their debut in early 2016. The twin-engine jet, operated by Go Airlines India Ltd, landed safely using its ...

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Poland’s Allegro surges 63% in debut

Bloomberg Poland’s newest stock listing was a roaring success on its first day of trading, taking over as the biggest stock on the country’s main exchange and adding almost two-thirds in market value. Allegro.eu SA shares jumped 63% to close at 70 zloty in its first trading session in Warsaw on October 12, lifting the company’s value to 72 billion ...

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European stocks edge down with futures as earnings roll in

Bloomberg European stocks edged lower with US equity futures as investors weighed a potential setback on progress toward a coronavirus vaccine ahead of a busy period for corporate earnings. The dollar and Treasuries advanced. S&P 500 contracts fall as much as 0.6% after a report that Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine study has been paused due to an unexplained illness ...

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Stocks in India rise on Covid-19 vaccine trial pause, inflation woes

Bloomberg India’s stock benchmark eked out gains to rise for a ninth straight day, as investors shrugged off concerns about a halt in Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine study and rising domestic inflation. The S&P BSE Sensex closed up 0.1%, after swinging between gains of 0.5% and losses of 0.3% following Johnson & Johnson’s announcement that its study had been ...

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NTS group acquires Amega West Services

ABU DHABI / WAM NTS Group acquired Amega West Services, a market leader in the manufacture, repair and rental of legacy and specialised drilling equipment used in offshore and land-based Oil & Gas extraction applications, from Carpenter Technology Corporation. With headquarters in Houston and founded in 2007, Amega West has production and service plants in the United States, Canada and ...

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Hong Kong bankers losing their jobs to Chinese rivals

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s homegrown investment bankers are rapidly losing their status as city’s go-to dealmakers, supplanted by mainland Chinese rivals who now hold a majority of senior jobs in Asia’s biggest financial hub. While the shift has long seemed inevitable given the expanding pool of mainland talent and dominant role of Chinese issuers in Hong Kong, the recent pace of ...

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Denmark to let banks fund early retirement for workers

Bloomberg The Danish government’s plan to fund early retirement for some workers by introducing an extra tax on the financial industry has gained enough support among opposition parties to be turned into law next year. After negotiations into the early hours of Saturday, the Danish Social Democrat-led government announced that it had reached an agreement with opposition parties to support ...

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EU weighs creating a network of bad banks

Bloomberg The European Commission is considering setting up a network of bad banks amid growing worries over non-performing loans during the coronavirus crisis, according to German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung. The network would bring economies of scale by directly opening the affected institutions and their assets to multiple jurisdictions, according to the report. It cites a presentation by the Directorate-General Fisma, which ...

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SNB gets all clear from BIS on currency interventions

Bloomberg Bank of International Settlements’ General Manager Agustin Carstens doesn’t consider the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to be a currency manipulator, according to an interview with Neue Zuercher Zeitung. Carstens told the Swiss newspaper the SNB is merely responding to loose monetary policy worldwide and using the purchases as a defensive measure in light of the large global demand for ...

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