February, 2023

• 13 February

  NTSB subpoenas American Air pilots in JFK runway incursion

  Bloomberg An American Airlines Group Inc flight crew taxied across a John F Kennedy International Airport runway without clearance on January 13 as a Delta Air Lines Inc plane was accelerating for takeoff, prompting it to make a high-speed stop, investigators said. In an unusual step, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it had issued a subpoena requiring the ...

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• 13 February

  Chinese-owned e-commerce rival to Shein makes splashy Super Bowl debut

  

  Bloomberg Chinese-owned e-commerce upstart Temu made its Super Bowl debut, an unofficial coming-out party for an online shopping app that’s climbed American download charts since its debut late last year. PDD Holdings Inc’s service, which like Shein has gained a reputation for cut-rate pricing and fast delivery, ran two 30-second spots featuring a trendy shopper twirling and dancing to phrases ...

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• 13 February

  Russia’s crude shipments slump

  

  Bloomberg Russia’s oil exports fell to a six-week low, reversing a previous trend and providing a sign of what’s to come as it prepares for a production cut of 500,000 barrels a day next month. Aggregate flows of Russian crude fell by 562,000 barrels a day, or 16%, in the seven days to February 10, even as exports from its ...

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• 13 February

  European gas falls to 17-month low

    Bloomberg European natural gas prices fell to the lowest level since September 2021 as confidence grows for energy stability in the region through the remainder of winter. Benchmark futures slid as much as 4.8% to about €51.39 per megawatt-hour. Sweden downgraded its risk of power cuts to “low” in a sign that the worst of the region’s supply crisis ...

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• 13 February

  US offshore energy boss says climate crisis is opportunity

  

    Bloomberg The US government is moving urgently to nurture new offshore wind and carbon storage industries despite some economic hurdles, according to the nation’s newly minted ocean energy regulator. The tasks of overseeing the buildout of those nascent industries falls to Liz Klein, an environmental lawyer and clean energy champion just appointed director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy ...

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• 13 February

  Toyota’s new CEO assembles leadership team for EV future

  

  Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp unveiled several changes to its senior management as Koji Sato prepares to take over as chief executive officer, seeking to improve the carmaker’s strategy and messaging in the shift to an electric future and to take on Tesla Inc. Hiroki Nakajima becomes chief technology officer and Yoichi Miyazaki will be chief financial officer from April 1, ...

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• 13 February

  Singapore eyes chips investments: Official

  

    Bloomberg Singapore will be looking to win its “fair share” of investments in semiconductor assembly and integrated circuit design, a top official said, amid a growing geopolitical divide between the US and China over trade and technology. The city-state will be focussing on the semiconductor value chain of activities, Beh Swan Gin, chairman of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, said ...

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• 13 February

  China Covid-19 deaths drop 72% in a week as wave eases

    Bloomberg China’s weekly Covid deaths in hospitals slumped to less than 1,000 as the record wave of infections that rippled through the country following the abandonment of Covid Zero abates. There were 912 fatalities linked to Covid at hospitals between February 3 and February 9, down from 3,278 a week earlier, according to a report from the Chinese Center ...

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• 13 February

  Renault, Nissan investing $600m to expand their car lineup in India

  

  Bloomberg Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co unveiled their first joint project since announcing a revamp of their carmaking alliance last week. The pair will invest $600 million in India to expand their car lineup, add jobs and decarbonise a manufacturing plant in Chennai, the companies said in a joint statement. The initiative is a key element of the operational ...

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• 13 February

  India inflation returns to 6% level in Jan

    Bloomberg India’s inflation accelerated in January, breaching the top-end of the central bank’s target for the first time in three months and validating the concern of monetary authorities that price pressures are persistent and must be contained. The consumer price index rose 6.52% from a year earlier, according to data released by the Statistics Ministry on Monday. That compares ...

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