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June 20, 2018 Aviation
Bloomberg Boeing Co. landed a deal for 24 cargo aircraft from FedEx Corp. worth $6.6 billion as the revival in the air freight market continues to grow. The package-hauler plans to add 12 of Boeing’s medium-size 767 freighters and 12 of the larger 777 cargo aircraft to its order book, the Chicago-based planemaker said in a statement. FedEx is already …
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June 20, 2018 Aviation
Bloomberg India has decided not to immediately revive a plan to sell its money-losing flag carrier Air India after a failed attempt to find a buyer for the state asset, people familiar with the matter said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has virtually abandoned the planned sale of Air India Ltd. after it failed to attract any bidder in a …
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June 20, 2018 Retail
Bloomberg Tesco Plc racked up its 10th consecutive quarter of growth and cut prices in a pre-emptive strike against rivals preparing to challenge its role as the UK’s largest retailer. The supermarket operator has lowered prices on its own-brand meat, fruit and vegetables, countering reductions promised by J Sainsbury Plc as part of its planned acquisition of Walmart Inc.’s Asda …
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June 20, 2018 Aviation
Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. will cull its management ranks as it sets a course to complete five years of work merging with US Airways. “While not all integration work is complete, much of it is and as a result, now is the right time to look at the organisational structure we need for the future,†American Chief Executive Doug …
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June 20, 2018 Retail
Bloomberg Kering tapped an unknown designer who worked at luxury rival LVMH’s Celine to revamp the Italian handbag-maker Bottega Veneta. The 32-year-old British designer Daniel Lee will take over as creative director of the French luxury company’s third-largest brand in July. He’s succeeding Tomas Maier, the German designer who built Bottega Veneta into a $1.5 billion business but one whose …
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June 19, 2018 Regional News
Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s crude exports jumped in the first half of June, before the world’s largest oil exporter meets with other producer states to thrash out a collective production policy. Observed shipments from the country’s Persian Gulf and Red Sea ports averaged 7.388 million barrels a day during the first 15 days of June, compared with 7.145 million barrels a …
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June 19, 2018 Regional News
Bloomberg For the first time ever, Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for US utilities to negative, warning that the sector’s debt levels have reached their highest since the financial crisis and may remain there for months. The sector’s consolidated debt-to-equity ratio has hit the highest level since 2008 as companies finance mergers, acquisitions and other investments in renewable energy …
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June 19, 2018 Energy
Bloomberg The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to start work this year on the frequently delayed Inga 3 hydropower project, after receiving a joint bid from two previously competing consortia of investors. One group led by China Three Gorges Corp and another including Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA of Spain submitted a joint bid on June 6 for the …
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June 19, 2018 Regional News
Bloomberg Shale oil hasn’t always been Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s best friend, but they’re working on the relationship. Shell is said to have bid, with partner Blackstone Group LP, on a portfolio of US shale assets BHP Billiton Ltd. wants to sell for about $10 billion. If it wins, the Anglo-Dutch oil major could exceed its goal of doubling its …
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June 19, 2018 Stocks
Bloomberg Investors dumped riskier assets as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies showed signs of deepening and accelerating. Stocks dropped, Treasuries rallied and the dollar climbed with the yen. The S&P 500 sank the most in three weeks with industrial companies getting hit hardest after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods, …
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