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European stocks climb with futures; dollar extends rally

Bloomberg European stocks bounded higher with US futures as equity markets built upward momentum after the September selloff cut valuations. The dollar extended its rebound. The Stoxx Europe 600 rises the most in two weeks on gains in airline, media and auto shares. Contracts on the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed those on the Nasdaq 100 as investors turned ...

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Brent oil climbs but demand clouds linger

Bloomberg Oil edged higher, recovering from its biggest loss in almost two weeks even as a resurgent coronavirus looms over the demand outlook. Futures in London were up 1.3% near $42 a barrel, snapping a sharp decline from Monday alongside the European markets. Brent also recovered from technical support, moving away from their 100-day moving average on Tuesday. That’s despite ...

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Nikola’s plunge hits Nel stock hard

Bloomberg Nikola Corp’s latest stock plunge sent shares of Norwegian green energy company Nel ASA to a nearly 17% drop. The Oslo-based company is critically tied to Nikola, which is set to be a major buyer of Nel’s technology to create hydrogen. Earlier this year, Nikola made a more than $30 million order for Nel’s electrolysers that would create the ...

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Exxon lines up bidders for aging UK oil, gas fields

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp’s UK North Sea assets have attracted suitors from state-owned companies to private equity-backed firms as the US oil giant seeks to exit the aging region altogether, according to people with knowledge of the matter. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co and the UK’s EnQuest Plc are among bidders, the people said, asking ...

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UK, Netherlands plan to link offshore wind farms

Bloomberg The UK’s National Grid Plc and Dutch power transmission operator Tennet Holding BV are developing a plan to link the two countries’ power markets via giant wind farms at sea. The network managers want to use underwater cables to connect as much as 4 gigawatts of offshore wind farms to the power grids of both countries, a move that ...

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Garuda boss says bankruptcy off table despite Covid strains

Bloomberg The head of Indonesia’s flag carrier said better terms on aircraft loans will help it avoid falling into bankruptcy as the nation grapples with surging coronavirus cases. “We discussed the risks, the benefits, the pluses and minuses and the company’s leadership decided against it,” PT Garuda Indonesia President Director Irfan Setiaputra said when asked in an interview about considering ...

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TUI plans to cut overhead costs as demand collapses

Bloomberg TUI AG said it’s making progress on plans to cut overhead costs by 30% as the world’s largest tour operator struggles to cope with a collapse in demand for its holidays. Measures including increased digitalisation that are underway across TUI’s head office, destination services and markets and airlines operations are already set to deliver close to a 300 million-euro ...

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LVMH, Tiffany urged to seek settlement as case fast-tracked

Bloomberg Tiffany & Co persuaded a court to fast-track a lawsuit claiming that LVMH is relying on faulty legal pretexts to try to cancel a $16 billion buyout, with the judge urging both sides to seek a settlement. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Joseph Slights III rejected a request by the maker of Louis Vuitton bags and Moet & Chandon Champagne ...

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Airbus unveils hydrogen designs for zero-emission flight

Bloomberg European planemaker Airbus SE unveiled three designs it’s studying to build hydrogen-powered aircraft as it races to bring a zero-carbon passenger plane into service by 2035. The approaches include a turbofan jet with capacity for as many as 200 passengers — similar to its A321neo narrow-body — that can fly more than 2,000 nautical miles, according to a statement. ...

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