Bloomberg US banks are hitting the ceiling on how much cash they can hand back to shareholders. After two years of surging payouts as regulators relaxed the reins on the biggest lenders, those firms are likely to boost dividends and buybacks by just 3% following this year’s stress test, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The Federal Reserve will …

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, regarded as likely buyers for Airbus SE’s proposed A321 XLR jetliner, urged Boeing Co. to go ahead with a rival model that they say will have capabilities the European plane can’t match. The discount carriers said in Paris that the anticipated launch of the extra long-range version of Airbus’s A321neo at …

Bloomberg A closely watched researcher has cut its estimate of Amazon.com Inc.’s share of the US e-commerce market after incorporating new figures from the company. EMarketer Inc., among the most widely cited sources for estimates of US online retail sales, says it now expects Amazon to account for 37.7 percent of online commerce this year, down from a prior estimate …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc. will fully integrate all Jet.com employees into the larger company and shrink the unit’s management team nearly three years after buying the e-commerce site. The changes, outlined in a memo from Jet co-founder Marc Lore, include the departure of Jet president Simon Belsham, who will seek another opportunity inside or outside the company after a transition period …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block an alleged work slowdown by mechanics that the carrier says has become “devastating” to its operations. American sought the order three weeks after asking for a temporary injunction against the TWU-IAM Association, which represents more than 30,000 mechanics, baggage handlers and other airport ramp workers. A July 1 …

Bloomberg The SpaceJet is not going to take you to the moon or Mars, but it can get you to a smaller city on earth without having to switch flights in Atlanta, Dubai or another big airport hub. The newly renamed regional jet by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is being showcased at the Paris Air Show next week, along with …

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Holy Month of Ramadan has been eventful for the Dubai property market in 2019, both in terms of the volume and value of property transactions concluded. Property deals cumulatively worth AED5.6 billion ($1.5 billion) were transacted in Dubai solely during Ramadan this year, reveals analysis by the Research & Data team at Property Finder, the …

RIYADH / WAM The Official Spokesman for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al Malki, announced that a hostile projectile fired by the Houthi militia at 02:21 on Wednesday hit the arrivals hall at Abha International Airport through which thousands of passengers of different nationalities pass daily. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted Colonel Al Maliki as …

Bloomberg Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, plans to buy out Vornado Realty Trust’s 25 percent stake in the midtown Manhattan office tower at 330 Madison Ave, according to a person familiar with matter. The deal would give the Abu Dhabi fund, already the building’s majority holder, full ownership. Vornado said it agreed …

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties on Wednesday launched Alreeman II, an AED1.7 billion master-planned residential community in the Alshamkha area of Abu Dhabi, available exclusively for purchase by UAE nationals. Alreeman II follows the success of Alreeman, launched in January 2019 which generated as much as AED1.6 billion in sales. Spread across an area of 2.4 million square metres, …