Bloomberg Luxury fashion retailer Valentino has joined a string of retailers suing their landlords to get out of pricey leases after shoppers vanished in the economic lockdown. The US branch of Valentino SpA filed suit in New York State Supreme Court to force 693 Fifth Owner LLC to let it out of its 15-year Manhattan lease nine years early. It …

Bloomberg Stocks advanced in Europe along with US equity futures after manufacturing data from the euro area pointed to further signs of a recovery from the virus slump. Treasuries were steady and the dollar declined. Carmakers and banks led a broad advance in the Stoxx Europe 600 index as Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMIs) showed manufacturing in France unexpectedly returned to …

Bloomberg Indian stocks climbed, taking the benchmark index to its highest level in more than three months, after a report of a step back in a border dispute with China. The S&P BSE Sensex added 0.9% to 35,238.03 as of 2:01 pm in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by 1.1%. Both gauges are set for their biggest …

Bloomberg Oil held near $42 a barrel in London as investors weighed signs of rebounding demand against a resurgence in new coronavirus cases. Opec and its allies are on track to rebalance the oil market and there are encouraging signs of recovery, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told an Opec+ meeting last week. However, California reported record …

Bloomberg Norway is set to tighten rules for building wind turbines, caving in to massive protests from locals. A government proposal to slow down the development of onshore wind power comes after increasing local resistance mirrors sentiment in other European countries. Norway already decided to scrap a plan for a new permission framework last year. Norway, which has already developed …

Bloomberg The final bids for Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd will show how much appetite private investors really have for an airline industry that’s been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Private equity firms Bain Capital LP and Cyrus Capital Partners LP made final and binding offers for the airline on Monday, administrator Deloitte said in a statement. The Australian carrier collapsed …

Bloomberg US officials rejected additional flights proposed by Chinese airlines but said they would reconsider if the Beijing government adjusts its policies affecting American passenger carriers. In a statement, the Transportation Department said it disapproved service schedules submitted by four China-based carriers that currently are allowed to make four combined flights to the US each week, plus additional proposals submitted …

Bloomberg France plans to ban commercial air travel on the country’s shortest domestic routes in a bid to prevent low-cost carriers picking up links Air France is being forced to abandon as part of the terms of a bailout package. “If we are asking things of Air France, it’s not so that low-cost companies can come along and start their …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc braced its balance sheet with $3.5 billion in new financing, diverging from its recent reliance on federal aid as the coronavirus pandemic suppresses travel demand. The carrier is selling $750 million of shares and the same amount of senior convertible notes due in 2025, American said in a statement, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. …

Bloomberg Bed Bath & Beyond Inc is looking to sell its Christmas Tree Shops and Cost Plus World Market chains, according to people familiar with the matter, part of an ongoing makeover of the home-goods company. The people declined to be identified because the process isn’t public. Activist investors pressured the company to oust Chief Executive Officer Steven Temares last …