December, 2022

• 12 December

  Saudi Arabia’s economy grows 8.8% in Q3 2022

  

  Riyadh / WAM Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.8 percent in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year driven by an increase in oil activities, according to a report released by the General Authority for Statistics (Gastat). Gastat noted that the real GDP growth in the third quarter was up 2.1 …

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• 11 December

  Nature-based solutions can generate 20mn new jobs: UN

  

    Geneva / WAM Some 20 million jobs could be created by investing in policies that support nature and address climate change, disaster risk, food insecurity, and other major challenges, according to a UN report Launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Union for Conservation of Nature at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in …

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• 11 December

  Air India nears deal for 150 Boeing 737 Max jets

  

    Bloomberg Tata group-owned Air India Ltd. is close to signing a deal with Boeing Co to buy up to 150 737 Max planes, marking the first major aircraft order after the carrier’s privatisation, the Economic Times reported, citing people it did not identify. Air India is likely to place a firm order for 50 737 Max jets with an …

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• 11 December

  Albertsons dividend stays on hold as states fight to block it

  

    Bloomberg Albertsons Cos was ordered by a Seattle-area judge to keep its $4 billion special dividend on hold until December 19 while Washington’s attorney general asks the state supreme court to halt the payment during a regulatory review of the grocery chain’s pending merger with Kroger Co. The last-ditch appeal to block the dividend in Washington comes as other …

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• 11 December

  Tata’s Air India nears deal for 150 Boeing 737 Max jets

  

    Bloomberg Tata Group-owned Air India Ltd is close to signing a deal with Boeing Co to buy up to 150 737 Max planes, marking the first major aircraft order after the carrier’s privatisation, the Economic Times reported, citing people it did not identify. Air India is likely to place a firm order for 50 737 Max jets with an …

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• 11 December

  European suppliers shifting to US to escape high energy costs: Faury

  

    Bloomberg Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury warned that European aerospace suppliers are starting to move to the US to escape surging energy costs and urged governments to provide tax breaks to halt the flow. Some German companies, for example in the chemicals sector, have already decided to relocate, while in France there’s more of a “wait and see” …

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• 11 December

  American, JetBlue expand partnership challenged by DOJ

  

    Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc and JetBlue Airways Corp plan to expand domestic and short-haul international flying next year under a partnership that US antitrust officials are seeking to dissolve. The expansion to 10 new cities, if it goes through as planned, will bring the carriers’ Northeast Alliance to 500 daily departures across New York’s three major airports, and …

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• 11 December

  Thailand hits tourism goal as foreign arrivals top 10mn

    Bloomberg Thailand reached its target of welcoming 10 million foreign visitors this year, signalling a better-than-expected recovery of its vital tourism sector that was nearly decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The government held events across Thailand, with cultural shows at seven airports and two border checkpoints to celebrate reaching the goal before the end of the year. Officials handed …

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• 11 December

  Lululemon drops most since 2020

    Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc shares fell the most since the start of the pandemic after lower-than-expected profitability raised concerns about a pileup of inventory and the yogawear maker’s full-year sales forecast disappointed Wall Street. Gross margin, a key gauge of profitability, was 55.9% in the third quarter, short of analysts’ average estimate of 56.7%. Inventories surged from a year …

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• 11 December

  Goldman, JPMorgan to win big from British finance reforms

  

    Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co are likely to be among the beneficiaries of the government’s financial services reforms through a proposed relaxation of ring-fencing capital rules that will boost their UK savings arms. The government said it intends to consult next year on the possibility of increasing the threshold above which lenders must ring-fence …

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