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August 31, 2020 Aviation
Bloomberg Adani Enterprises Ltd is seeking a controlling stake in Mumbai’s international airport as billionaire Gautam Adani continues his aggressive push into what was until recently the world’s fastest-growing aviation market. Adani Airport Holdings Ltd will acquire the debt of GVK Airport Developers Ltd, the holding company of GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd, according to an exchange filing on Monday. …
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August 31, 2020 Aviation
Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd is marketing an Australian dollar bond, joining a record global wave of airline debt issuance to build up cash buffers as the Covid-19 pandemic pummels air travel. The Australian airline is looking to price a 10-year note at an indicative coupon of around 5.25%, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to …
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August 31, 2020 Retail
Bloomberg An upscale Miami-area shopping mall is moving to evict Saks Fifth Avenue, saying the retailer hasn’t paid rent since March 16 and owes about $1.9 million. Saks told its landlord, Bal Harbour Shops LLC, in August that it couldn’t make lease payments on its three-level retail store due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a lawsuit …
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August 31, 2020 Aviation
Bloomberg Ghana is reopening its main airport to international flight passengers from September 1 after putting in place new measures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Any passenger arriving in Ghana will have to present a negative Covid-19 result, taken no more than 72 hours before departure from the country of origin, President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a …
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August 31, 2020 Aviation
Bloomberg The airline industry, yearning to bounce back from the prolonged global outbreak of Covid-19, is pulling out more tricks designed to get fliers back on board. United Airlines spiked its loathed $200 change fee for domestic flights and said that, beginning next year, customers can fly standby for free if there’s an available seat on the same day as …
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August 31, 2020 Banking
Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG plans to double its headcount in China over five years as the firm accelerates its pursuit of the nation’s wealthy, seeking to move past a scandal that’s engulfed once-favoured client and Luckin Coffee Inc. founder Lu Zhengyao. The bank has largely normalised approvals for Chinese companies, ending the increased scrutiny on loans that followed allegations …
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August 31, 2020 Banking
Bloomberg South Africa’s National Treasury says there are no additional resources available for government departments in the next three years. Any additional allocations will have to be funded from reductions in other programs, either within the department’s budget, or from another department’s budget, according to the document presented by Edgar Sishi, the acting head of the budget office, to the …
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August 31, 2020 Banking
Bloomberg Chinese firms that delayed debt payments during the coronavirus crisis are about to get the check. At least 10 companies will face fresh repayment tests on a combined 10.68 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) of bonds over the next two quarters or so, after they postponed maturities or swapped old debt for new notes to alleviate immediate pressure earlier this …
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August 31, 2020 Banking
Bloomberg Two senior executives at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Asia merchant banking division have retired, a year after the firm combined its multiple private investing units into one team. Jonathan Vanica, who headed credit in Asia and real estate investing in India, Southeast and Korea, left this month after 19 years at bank. David Chou, a 15-year veteran who looked …
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August 31, 2020 Banking
Bloomberg IOOF Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy National Australia Bank Ltd.’s (NAB) wealth management unit for A$1.44 billion ($1.1 billion) as its transformation gathers pace. The Melbourne-based investment group will seek to raise A$1.04 billion through a share sale to help finance the purchase of MLC, IOOF said in a statement on Monday. The rest will be funded through …
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