Bloomberg Passengers flying into three of the busiest US airports from Wuhan, China, or via connecting flights were screened for a new virus that has sickened dozens in China and already spread in Southeast Asia. US health and immigration officials started screening passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for symptoms such as coughs and fever at New York’s John F ...

Bloomberg Martin Kingston resigned as a director of South African Airways as the state-owned airline’s administrator scrambles for cash to keep it going. “There is no need for me to be on the board given the appointment of the Business Rescue Practioners,” Kingston, the executive chairman of Rothschild & Cos South African unit, said. The loss-making carrier has been under ...

Bloomberg HelloFresh’s stock jumped as much as 14% after the company reported preliminary 2019 results, beating analyst expectations. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for last year is expected to come in at 45 million euros ($50 million) to 48 million euros, the company said in a statement. That beat the 22.1 million-euro average estimate from analysts, according ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc has offered Deliveroo a loan after a UK probe into the food-delivery startup’s last funding round threatened a cash crunch, people familiar with the matter said. Without the backing from Amazon, Deliveroo ran the risk of running low on capital, the people said. While the size of the loan is unclear, the London-based company has significant funds ...

Bloomberg Mobile app spending and usage hit a record in 2019 and show no signs of tapering off this year as faster cellular connections and more big-name video streaming services come online, industry tracker App Annie says. In the past year, mobile apps accumulated $120 billion of global consumer spending, with games accounting for 72% of that. Advertising brought in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, signed a power purchase agreement (PPA), with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the state electricity company in Indonesia, for the first floating solar photovoltaic (PV), plant in the country. Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chairman of Masdar, and Zulkifli Zaini, President Director, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy and sustainable real estate companies, has announced the launch of a sustainable real estate investment trust (REIT) — the first ‘green’ REIT to be introduced in the UAE. The REIT was launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), by Ahmed Ali ...

Bloomberg Encana Corp won investors’ approval to relocate to the US and change its name to Ovintiv, a plan that has dented morale in Canada’s beleaguered energy industry. About 90% of the shares were voted by holders in favour of the plan, Encana said in a statement after a special meeting in Calgary. The company produces oil and natural gas ...

Bloomberg French solar farm developer Tenergie SAS and a financial partner are considering selling new shares and plan to buy clean power operators to help expand into the wind and hydropower sectors as demand for cleaner energy continues to increase.

Bloomberg The path to a Bank of England (BOE) interest-rate cut as soon as this month became clearer on Wednesday after inflation unexpectedly slowed to a three-year low. The pound fell and traders increased bets that policy makers would reduce rates on January 30, as the shock reading reinforced speculation fuelled by dovish comments from BOE Governor Mark Carney and ...