February, 2023

• 20 February

  Lockheed Martin may build UK satellite facility, says Telegraph

  

  Bloomberg Lockheed Martin Corp. has outlined plans to build a satellite factory in the UK, which would be its first such facility outside of the US, according to a report in the Telegraph. The Maryland-headquartered defence company has been looking into suppliers around the northern city of Newcastle, an emerging hub for space technology, said the company’s UK Chief Executive …

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• 20 February

  Morrisons to make price cuts worth $30m to help shoppers

    Bloomberg British supermarket chain Morrisons said it would cut prices across many of its own-brand products to help consumers squeezed by the cost of living crisis. The move, which Morrisons said would cost $30 million, will reduce prices by an average of 19% on items including potatoes, coffee and rice. The company has invested £148 million in cutting the …

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• 20 February

  Zara owner shelves Dublin building deal

    Bloomberg Amancio Ortega, the billionaire founder of the Zara clothing chain, pulled out of a 550 million euro ($588 million) deal to buy the Dublin office development that forms part of Meta Platforms Inc.’s European headquarters, the Sunday Times reported. Meta signed a 25-year lease on the Fibonacci Square complex in 2018 and agreed to pay an annual rent …

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• 20 February

  North London property prices jump as buyers return to capital

  

    Bloomberg Property sellers are seeking sharply higher prices across north London as young professionals return to jobs in the capital after the pandemic, a survey showed. Asking prices for homes in Camden surged 17.2% from a year ago and by 6% in the past month alone, the property search website Rightmove said Monday. Barnet and Islington notched up annual …

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• 20 February

  Ohio senator blames corporate greed for train crash, toxic spill

    Bloomberg Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown said corporate maneuvers that favor shareholders and company executives are to blame for safety lapses leading up to a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in a town in his home state. “This is the same old story — corporations do stock buybacks, they do big dividend checks, and they lay off workers,” Brown …

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• 20 February

  European gas price rises with late-winter cold snap in sight

    Bloomberg European natural gas prices rose on the prospect of a late-winter cold snap, after falling last week to the lowest level in almost 18 months. Benchmark futures advanced as much as 5.4% after dropping below €50 on Friday. Temperatures in cities including London and Madrid could fall from unseasonably high levels by the end of the week, with …

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• 20 February

  Bill Gates sees IRA driving ‘healthy’ growth in new energy technology

  

    Bloomberg US government incentives to promote investments into nascent technologies such as green hydrogen will have a “healthy” impact, even as they risk distorting the trade in electric cars between Europe and the US, Bill Gates said. Speaking in a podcast interview with the head of Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, Nicolai Tangen, Gates extolled government policies for …

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• 20 February

  Danish industrial workers reach wage deal

    Bloomberg Denmark’s industrial workers reached a new pay deal with employers to offset falling purchasing power in the first of a string of wage agreements expected in the coming months. The deal, which covers 230,000 workers, is expected to set the tone for talks in other industries under the Danish model where employers and unions agree on work conditions …

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• 20 February

  Uniqlo’s quest to conquer US, one cashmere sweater at a time

  

    Bloomberg The biggest challenge to Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo’s plan to take on the US? Getting more Americans to know who they are. The apparel maker, known for its affordable cashmere sweaters and solid basics, wants to go big in one of the world’s toughest consumer markets. Although Uniqlo is a fixture in shopping streets of New York and …

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• 20 February

  Biden meets Zelenskiy on surprise Kyiv trip nearly year into war

  

    Bloomberg US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv and met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, declaring “unwavering support” in a dramatic show of solidarity as Russia’s invasion nears the one-year mark. Biden, who was originally slated to visit neighboring Poland this week, appeared in the Ukrainian capital at 8 a.m. on Monday as police sealed …

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