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Even wrecked cars are more expensive now

Think used cars are expensive? Take a look at totaled cars. Copart Inc is a $34 billion company that specialises in auctioning off wrecked cars that insurers deem too damaged to justify the cost of repairs. The insurance companies and other sellers — which include banks, charities and, increasingly, used-car dealers — get what’s recovered in the auction, but they ...

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Apple app-store ruling a setback for Tim Cook

Apple Inc’s dominance over the mobile-app economy has just suffered its first significant setback. It could mark the beginning of a real antitrust reckoning for the technology giant that may benefit the livelihoods of millions of app developers. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued her decision in a landmark antitrust suit brought by video-game publisher Epic Games Inc against ...

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Italy’s new carrier may claim Alitalia brand in time for debut

Bloomberg Italy’s new state-backed airline, Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, will seek to buy the Alitalia name in time for its start of service in mid-October, according to people familiar with the matter. A market-price auction of the brand was outlined in a decision released by the European Commission. It’s one of the measures required in order to consider ITA a ...

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Once-bankrupt Japan Air raises $2.7 billion as buffer

Bloomberg Japan Airlines Co plans to raise about 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) via subordinated bonds and loans to shore up its capital in case the coronavirus pandemic hurts travel demand longer than it expects. The Tokyo-based carrier said it secured around 200 billion yen in loans from four Japanese banks and plans to sell 100 billion yen of bonds. ...

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Airlines pare guidance as investors show relief it’s not worse

Bloomberg A surge in coronavirus infections is delaying, but not derailing, the recovery at several US carriers, including United Airlines Holdings Inc and Southwest Airlines Co. Most major carriers said customer bookings have slowed in recent weeks, signalling through regulatory filings and comments at an industry conference that the path out of the Covid-19 era remains bumpy. Even so, several ...

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Ryanair says Brexit forces sale of 1mn investor shares

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc is forcing investors who aren’t European Union citizens to sell any shares purchased after January 1, in a reminder of the lingering constraints on investors tied to the Brexit split. Non-EU citizens have been barred from buying stock in the Irish discount airline since the UK left the bloc at the start of the year. When ...

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Cathay Pacific to close London pilot base

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has decided to close its pilot base in London, saying many of its staff there haven’t had any flying duties since April 2020 because of the impact of the pandemic. The airline didn’t disclose how many pilots would be affected, but said in a statement they are being offered the option of relocating to Hong ...

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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo joins race to replace Macron

Bloomberg Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of Paris, became the latest politician to announce she intends to challenge Emmanuel Macron in April’s presidential election. “I have decided to be a candidate for the presidency of the French republic,” she said on Sunday in Rouen, north of Paris. “I am ready.” Hidalgo, 62, must first win the formal support of her ...

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US, Philippines agree to resume defense projects under military pact

Bloomberg The US and the Philippines will resume defense projects after the Southeast Asian nation agreed to keep a military pact that President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to scrap, allowing both sides to boost longstanding alliance in the region. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana met with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in Washington on where the two sides reaffirmed their commitment ...

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