June, 2022

• 18 June

  Stock markets get crushed as recession worries mount

  

    Bloomberg Stocks tumbled around the globe as recession fears resurfaced, with the Federal Reserve struggling to get on top of inflation that has proved more persistent and widespread than officials anticipated. The S&P 500 closed at its lowest since December 2020, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 sinks 4%. The deal spread on Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter Inc. …

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• 18 June

  Crypto selloff resumes as post-Fed mood in global markets sours

  

    Bloomberg The selloff in the digital-asset space accelerated, with losses in US equities also snowballing, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by the most in decades. Ether, down as much as 8.3% to trade around $1,080, is facing a tougher road than most. The native token for the Ethereum blockchain is on pace to decline for …

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• 17 June

  Russia’s oil revenue jumps to $20 billion in May, says IEA

  

    Bloomberg Russia’s oil-export revenues surged to around $20 billion in May despite shipping lower volumes, as a rally in global energy prices buoyed its coffers, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). That’s a 11% increase from a month earlier, taking Russia’s total revenue for shipping crude and oil products roughly back to levels before the invasion of Ukraine, …

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• 17 June

  TotalEnergies establishes Gabon forestry carbon offsets venture

  

    Bloomberg TotalEnergies acquired 49% of Gabonese logging firm Compagnie des Bois du Gabon, the French oil major’s first foray into Gabon’s forestry sector. TotalEnergies, which has been pumping oil in the central African country for more than 80 years and is its leading fuel retailer, said it is joining forces with CBG to develop a new forest management model …

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• 17 June

  Airbus looks set to win A350 jet deal from Tata’s Air India

  

    Bloomberg Air India Ltd is polling pilots on whether they want to be trained to fly Airbus SE A350 jets, indicating that it intends to operate the model as it looks to renew its widebody fleet under new owner Tata Group. The airline may introduce the A350 by the first quarter of 2023, according to a letter sent to …

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• 17 June

  Boeing mulls 787 jet over tough air pollution rules

  

    Bloomberg Boeing Co hinted that it’s considering a cargo-hauling version of its 787 Dreamliner to eventually replace 767 freighters, whose engines won’t comply with tougher emissions standards that take effect in 2028. “That’s a natural place for us to look,” Brian Hermesmeyer, freighter customer leader for Boeing’s commercial airplane division, told reporters in a briefing near its plant in …

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• 17 June

  Online merchants lead Europe retailers back to Covid-19 lows

  

    Bloomberg Europe’s retail stocks are heading back towards pandemic lows. And after the profit warning from Asos Plc and the first UK sales decline in Boohoo Group Plc’s history, it’s online merchants that are leading them there. Asos shares sunk as much as 28%, falling to the lowest since August 2010. The warning sent tremors through larger peer Zalando …

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• 17 June

  Cathay on hiring push as Hong Kong still wrestles with Covid

  

    Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is planning to recruit 4,000 staff between now and the end of 2023 to replenish its severely depleted workforce and gear up for an anticipated recovery in air travel as Hong Kong rebuilds itself as an aviation hub, according to Chief Executive Officer Augustus Tang. The hiring spree would still leave Cathay with significantly …

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• 17 June

  Ryanair to face strike by its Italy employees on June 25

    Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc staff in Italy announced plans to strike on June 25, adding to Europe’s travel headaches as the industry tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Unions representing pilots and flight attendants will strike for 24 hours to press demands for better working conditions, they said. The walkout will also involve staff in Spain, Portugal, France …

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• 17 June

  Wizz Air abandons no fuel hedging policy

    Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc said it will reinstate its jet-fuel hedging policy as volatile oil prices add to other surging costs for the airline industry and threatens to upend the sector’s recovery from the pandemic. Eastern Europe’s biggest discounter will “mirror” the hedging levels of its main peers and put additional jet fuel price caps in place for …

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