October, 2021

• 7 October

  Tesco CEO prepares to avoid Christmas supply chain snags

  

  Bloomberg Tesco Plc’s boss is putting the finishing touches on a plan to deliver a catastrophe-free Christmas as a deepening supply chain crisis makes it harder for grocers to keep shelves stocked with their full range of products. Chief Executive Officer Ken Murphy said Britain’s biggest supermarket has ordered 10% more turkeys this year and is increasing the number of …

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• 7 October

  Hong Kong can retain global aviation hub status, says Lam

  

  Bloomberg Even though Hong Kong is one of the few places left in the world adhering to a Covid-zero approach, the city’s Chief Executive Officer Carrie Lam believes the Asian financial center can retain its status as an international aviation hub. “Although the global aviation industry, with Hong Kong being no exception, has been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, …

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• 7 October

  TUI plans $1.3 billion stock sale to reduce pandemic debt pile

  

  Bloomberg TUI AG will raise 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by selling new stock, making it the latest travel company to tap investors for cash to reduce a giant pandemic debt pile. The share sale, at a discount price of 2.15 euros each in a rights offering, will allow the world’s biggest tour operator to reduce its draw on a …

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• 7 October

  Amazon boom pushes startup to $2b valuation

  

  Bloomberg Booming e-commerce sales have made a unicorn out of a Utah-based startup that helps companies manage their sales on Amazon.com Inc and other digital marketplaces. Pattern Inc, which started out selling fridge magnets and other trinkets on Amazon’s third-party marketplace, on Wednesday said it raised $225 million in new outside investment at a valuation of about $2 billion. Founded …

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• 7 October

  Mazars probed over its audit of French Connection Group

  Bloomberg The UK’s auditing watchdog has started an investigation into Mazars’ audit of French Connection Group Plc. The Financial Reporting Council said on Wednesday the probe would focus on the year ending on January 31, 2020 without disclosing further details. The struggling UK fashion retailer has failed to keep pace on price with its high street rivals and has been …

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• 7 October

  Mondelez to require US office workers to be vaccinated

  Bloomberg Mondelez International Inc will require employees at its offices in Chicago, Miami and East Hanover, New Jersey, to be fully vaccinated “as a condition of employment,” according to a statement. The maker of Chips Ahoy! cookies and Halls cough drops said that vaccine adoption “is essential to lowering case counts, preventing Covid hospitalisations and deaths and ending this pandemic,” …

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• 7 October

  Toronto home sales rise in September

  Bloomberg Toronto home sales posted their first increase in six months as the end-of-summer holidays finally brought buyers some new supply, though it still wasn’t enough to alleviate a historically tight market or keep prices from continuing their upward march. The number of Toronto homes changing hands climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in September, the first rise from one month …

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• 6 October

  Stocks, futures decline with bonds on inflation worry

  

  Bloomberg US futures fall with stocks as surging energy prices stoked inflationary pressures ahead of a key US employment report. Treasury yields extended an advance. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts declined, with tech giants such as Apple Inc and Facebook Inc down in premarket trading. European equities slid to a two-month low, with natural gas prices soaring even as …

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• 6 October

  HK studies boosting yuan-denominated stocks on bourse

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong is studying an expansion of trading in stocks denominated in the yuan as China pushes to gain broader international acceptance of its currency. In her annual policy address, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, said the city was looking at expanding channels for yuan flows from mainland China, including allowing trading of yuan-denominated stocks via an established link to …

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• 6 October

  Petrofac surges after $95m bribery penalty by UK judge

  

  Bloomberg UK oil-service provider Petrofac Ltd must pay a $95 million penalty by a London judge for failing to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017. The penalty includes a $64 million fine and a $31 million confiscation order. The levy comes after the company pleaded guilty to seven bribery offenses, in a deal with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). …

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