Bloomberg Even if the economy continues to recover and a second wave of the pandemic is less damaging than the first, US shale drillers may still take at least a year before moving rigs back into the field, according to the leader of an oilfield-services company. Precision Drilling Corp CEO Kevin Neveu said activity in US shale basins is in …

Bloomberg The Trump administration lost another bid to kill a tariff loophole on imported solar equipment, enabling American developers to continue skirting its duties for the time being. A US trade court rejected the administration’s request to clear the way for removal of a tariff exemption on bifacial, or two-sided, panels. US Court of International Trade Judge Gary Katzmann said …

Bloomberg Who needs a loss-making, inflexible oil refinery in a world where demand for petroleum has been obliterated? We’re about to find out. When consumption of transport fuels collapsed this year because of coronavirus, much of the industry moved into survival mode, cutting processing rates and even temporarily stopping refining in some cases. While that helped prop up the industry’s …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc will cut thousands of jobs representing as much as 30% of the workforce to cope with a long-term hit to demand from the coronavirus crisis. Europe’s second-biggest discount carrier will begin employee consultations in coming days, it said in a statement on Thursday. The Luton, England-based firm has about 15,000 workers, suggesting 4,500 posts are at risk. …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc plans to cut 30% of its management and support staff as it tries to weather the dramatic downturn brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The move was announced in a letter to staff from Elise Eberwein, American’s executive vice president of people and global engagement. Other cost-saving steps include requiring staff to take 50% of …

Bloomberg Boeing Co unveiled the first and deepest of its planned job cuts, saying it would notify 6,770 employees in the US that their positions would be eliminated. The collapse in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic has sapped demand for jetliners, forcing Boeing to scale back its commercial business, Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun said in a message …

Bloomberg Ralph Lauren Corp has reopened a significant portion of its global store network and will accelerate its digital plans as pandemic restrictions ease around the world. Chief Executive Officer Patrice Louvet said all stores in China and Korea are back in business, and Japan and Australia are set to return this week. Two-thirds of Ralph Lauren stores have been …

Bloomberg Scandinavia’s main carrier SAS AB warned shareholders it will need to generate more funding to see it through the crisis triggered by Covid-19. The company has halted most of its traffic and started a process to cut 5,000 jobs, it said. SAS is in “ongoing and constructive discussions” with its “largest owners on a recapitalisation plan to secure adequate …

Bloomberg Several of Denmark’s biggest banks will see their so-called bail-in buffers come under intense pressure as the Covid-19 crisis triggers an historic economic slump. Stress tests published by the Danish central bank show that lenders may need to issue as much as 160 billion kroner ($24 billion) until 2022 to maintain a layer of capital known as MREL, which …

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said he expects the company’s traders to do very well in the current quarter, while not up to the pace set in the first three months of the year. Combined bond- and stock-trading revenue may rise in the “high single digits” or even close to 10% from a year …