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Foreign hedge funds take new run in China

  They meet again. Hedge funds that profited from the debt restructuring of Kaisa Group Holdings in 2015 are back, circling the Shenzhen-based real estate developer that is once again trying to dig out from under a mountain of debt. This time, the stakes are even bigger. About $12 billion of dollar-denominated debt is at risk versus only $2.5 billion ...

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Virgin Atlantic secures $530m funding from Branson, Delta

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd owners Richard Branson and Delta Air Lines Inc agreed to provide a 400 million-pound ($530 million) capital injection into the UK carrier to see it through the latest slump in global travel. Branson’s Virgin Group will cough up 204 million pounds of the funding and Atlanta-based Delta the rest, allowing them to maintain their ...

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Boeing, FAA whistle-blower safety risks detailed by Senate

  Bloomberg Whistle-blowers at Boeing Co and others involved with the aviation industry are raising renewed concerns about safety in the wake of the 737 Max crash investigations, according to a report. Senator Maria Cantwell, the Washington Democrat who is chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, called on US aviation regulators to act on the latest concerns ...

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Ocado wins ruling in patent fight over robot warehouses

  Bloomberg Ocado Group Plc shares surged after the UK company won the first round in a patent-infringement case filed by rival AutoStore Holdings Ltd that has been hanging over the online grocery technology provider. Ocado shares rose as much as 9%, while Autostore dropped as much as 15%. Three AutoStore patents are invalid, while Ocado doesn’t infringe a fourth, ...

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BA’s Gatwick short-haul to fly from March

  Bloomberg British Airways said its new Gatwick short-haul operation will begin flying in March, with the UK carrier putting tickets to 35 destinations on sale from Tuesday. Flights operated by the new subsidiary — BA Euroflyer — will continue to be branded British Airways, and will operate to destinations including Ibiza, Faro in Portugal, Malaga and Tenerife in Spain ...

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Antony Blinken blasts China, seeks to rally US allies in Asia

  Bloomberg Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised China’s “aggressive actions” in Asia while laying out plans to more closely integrate US allies and security partners in Asia. During a key policy speech in Jakarta, Blinken underscored US efforts to deliver high-quality infrastructure and vaccines to the region while working closer on security issues. He said the Biden administration doesn’t ...

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Belarus sentences opposition leader’s husband to 18 years

  Bloomberg Exiled opposition leader of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya vowed to continue her campaign against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko after a court in the country jailed her husband for 18 years. “The dictator publicly takes revenge on his strongest opponents,” Tsikhanouskaya said on Twitter, following the conviction of Siarhei Tskihanouski at a closed trial in a Belarus prison. “We won’t ...

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EU revives Serbia’s accession process

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) agreed to broaden accession talks with Serbia, the largest of the six Balkan countries aspiring to join the bloc, reviving a process that had shown little progress for two years. None of the Balkan aspirants are expected to join the bloc before 2025 at the earliest, as enlargement fatigue and a decade of crises ...

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