Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc grounded dozens of flights as pilots in its Irish home market walked out after failing to agree to new contracts as part of a move towards unionisation at the discount giant. As of 6 am local time, Dublin Airport’s website listed as cancelled departures to 16 cities including London, Birmingham and Manchester, England, with a similar …

ADEN / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has renewed its commitment to fulfil the urgent needs of Yemeni communities, through its support of the country’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour. During a meeting with Dr Abtahaj Al-Kamal, Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Saeed Al Kaabi, ERC’s Representative in Aden, reviewed the activities carried out by ERC …

Bloomberg China vowed to fight back against the Trump administration’s plans to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, escalating a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Beijing described the latest US move as “totally unacceptable” bullying, and urged other countries to join China to protect free trade and multilateralism. China promised to lodge complaints …

Bloomberg OPEC expects supplies from its rivals to increase by the most in five years in 2019, with extra oil from the US alone sufficient to meet the growth in global demand. In its first detailed outlook for 2019, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries indicated that the North American oil boom means OPEC members are already producing enough crude …

Bloomberg Billionaire Gautam Adani’s gas retailing unit is among firms that submitted 400 bids for the 86 areas the Indian government offered in its latest auction for city-gas licenses. Adani Gas Ltd bid for 32 licenses, Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Sharma said on Wednesday, while its joint venture with Indian Oil Corp bid for 20. A unit of state gas …

Bloomberg A strike curtailed oil production off Norway for the first time in six years as Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut a North Sea field and workers threatened to escalate labor action at the weekend. Shell was forced to shut down its Knarr field, which produced about 23,000 barrels a day of oil and 3,500 barrels of natural-gas liquids a …

Bloomberg The energy industry is one of the safest sectors to be in as US President Donald Trump instigates a global trade war, Husky Energy Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rob Peabody said. Husky has ties to many of the major players in the emerging trade battles. The Calgary-based company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has a major production …

Bloomberg American drivers are poised to pump less for the first time in six years. US gasoline demand is expected to fall by 10,000 barrels a day in 2018 compared to last year, according to the Energy Information Administration. Overall consumption is forecast at 9.31 million barrels a day, the agency said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook. The last …

Bloomberg Stocks fell, the dollar gained and commodities slid as markets reeled from fresh salvos in the escalating trade war between the US and China. The S&P 500 Index ended the longest rally in a month after the Trump administration said it will slap tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese products. The Asian nation vowed to retaliate, helping …

Bloomberg The dog days of summer have arrived for quants. Systematic traders who tie their fortunes to the ebbs and flows of stock markets are experiencing some of their worst returns in eight years relative to a key benchmark, according to one Wall Street estimate. Factor investing — which slices and dices equities based on traits like profitability and price …