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‘JetBlue got discount of up to 72% on A220s’

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. got a great deal on its latest aircraft purchase from Airbus SE, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The carrier will probably pay $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion for 60 Airbus A220-300 jets, or between $23 million and $28 million per plane, Moody’s analyst Jonathan Root said in a report, citing estimates by appraisers and price breaks ...

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Burberry trails peers in China

Bloomberg Burberry Group Plc is still waiting for new leadership to revive the brand, as it trails rival luxury-goods makers in the all-important Chinese market. The shares fell as investors were disappointed by the British fashion brand’s latest quarterly sales in Asia, which MainFirst analyst John Guy called “actually pretty poor” in light of surging demand for luxury products in ...

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Five Below plans NYC store to capture midtown traffic

Bloomberg Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue is known as the address of luxury retailers Bergdorf Goodman, Harry Winston and Tiffany & Co. Now value retailer Five Below Inc. is setting up shop. As part of its 2018 store expansion efforts, the retailer known for its $5 deals is planning to open its first Manhattan storefront, two blocks north of Bryant Park. The ...

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DLD, Dubai Properties partner to back realty sector

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced a strategic partnership with Dubai Properties (DP), a member of Dubai Holding, to promote Dubai’s real estate sector. The agreement was signed by HE Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Raed Al Nuaimi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Properties. Under the collaboration, Dubai Properties will support DLD’s ...

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Trump considers tapping US oil reserve as prices at pump rise

Bloomberg The Trump administration is actively considering tapping into the nation’s emergency supply of crude oil as political pressure grows to rein in rising gasoline prices before congressional elections in November, two people familiar with the situation said. No decision has been made to release crude from the 660-million-barrel stockpile, known as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but options under review ...

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UK energy costs head higher with plan to leave single market

Bloomberg Britain’s paper on leaving the European Union raised more questions for the energy industry than it answered, setting up the risk that the legal arrangements allowing power and gas to flow across borders could come unraveled and drive up the cost of doing business. The government for the first time raised the possibility of leaving the EU’s single market, ...

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Apple updates Pro laptops ahead of fall product blitz

Bloomberg Apple Inc. released an upgraded MacBook Pro line that’s faster and has more features, targeting its loyal base of professional users like app developers and movie editors. The new laptops, which come in the same 13-inch and 15-inch sizes as last year’s models, include pro-focused upgrades like additional memory and storage, the ability to compile code faster, brighter screens, ...

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SoftBank rolls out app for parking spaces in Japan

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is rolling out a new app that will let drivers find and reserve parking spaces across Japan. The new service, called BLUU Smart Parking, will let drivers find open parking spots, reserve them in advance and pay fees using smartphones. Each location will have cameras and magnetic sensors to monitor cars as they enter and leave, ...

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Wait for rules on ‘self-driving cars’

Bloomberg It’s premature to regulate the self-driving vehicles being tested by companies such as General Motors Co. and Waymo LLC, the US government’s top auto safety official said. “At this point the technology is so nascent I don’t think it is appropriate today to regulate this technology,” Heidi King, deputy administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), said. ...

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Robot trains are slashing mining costs in Australia’s outback

Bloomberg Snaking through Western Australia’s Outback, a driverless train has made the first autonomous delivery of iron ore from a Rio Tinto Group pit to a coastal port, as the No. 2 miner looks to reap the benefits from a $940 million plan deploying the world’s biggest robots. The maiden 280-kilometre journey was completed carrying a cargo of 28,000 metric ...

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