September, 2021

• 29 September

  Gold edges up from seven week low as yields retreat

  

  Bloomberg Gold edged up from the lowest in almost seven weeks as Treasury yields eased following dovish commentary from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The benchmark 10-year US yield declined after touching the highest since June on Tuesday, boosting appeal of non-interest bearing bullion. The dollar steadied at near the highest since November. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Powell ...

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• 29 September

  Opec sees oil demand rebound before plateauing post-2035

  

  Bloomberg Opec sees oil demand continuing to grow to the middle of next decade, even as world leaders prepare for another attempt to avert catastrophic climate change. Global fuel consumption will fully recover from its pandemic slump by 2023, and will keep growing until it hits a plateau shortly after 2035, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said in ...

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• 29 September

  Rolls-Royce to sell ITP Aero unit in Spain to Bain for $2b

  

  Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc agreed to sell its ITP Aero unit in Spain to a group led by Bain Capital for 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion), netting the British jet-engine maker much-needed cash to help it recover from the coronavirus crisis. The sale to Bain, JB Capital and Spanish defense firm Sapa will help Rolls rebuild its balance sheet, the ...

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• 29 September

  EasyJet raises $1.7b in rights issue after spurning Wizz Air

  

  Bloomberg EasyJet Plc raised 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in a stock sale, cash that will help the low-cost UK carrier weather the slow winter and prepare for a rebound in leisure travel. Existing investors purchased 93% of the 301 million shares available in a rights offering at a discounted price of 410 pence each, EasyJet said on Tuesday in ...

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• 29 September

  Airlines demand virus-busting seats to ease Covid deep cleaning

  

  Bloomberg Demand for airplane-seat coverings that repel viruses and bacteria has soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, as carriers look to cut the time and cost of cleaning cabins. “The stakes are high for airlines,” said Quentin Munier, head of strategy and innovation at the seat division of aircraft-parts giant Safran SA. Tenders for new orders increasingly call for fabrics with ...

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• 29 September

  Shareholder vote set for October 19 in Morrison battle

  

  Bloomberg Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc set an October 19 deadline for shareholders to vote on the hotly contested 7-billion-pound ($9.6 billion) takeover proposal by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC. Britain’s fourth-largest grocer published documents saying when shareholders will decide the outcome of what could be the country’s largest take-private deal in a decade. A vote of ...

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• 29 September

  United CEO: 98.5% of our US staff have been vaccinated

  Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby said that 98.5% of its US-based employees have been vaccinated against Covid-19. The carrier expects to see vaccine totals “north of 99%” when it tallies final figures for how many employees have complied with its mandate to be vaccinated or face termination. United had set a September 27 deadline for ...

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• 29 September

  Thailand looking to attract Indian travellers

  Bloomberg Thailand is looking to attract Indian travellers during the traditional holiday season to boost its tourism-reliant economy that’s been hit hard by the absence of mass holidaymakers from countries including China. The Thai tourism industry expects Indians to resume travel in large numbers next month during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, said Somsong Sachaphimukh, vice president of the ...

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• 29 September

  US household net worth hits record on home values

  

  Bloomberg US household net worth surged to a fresh record in the second quarter as Americans enjoyed an ebullient stock market and largest-ever increase in value of their real estate holdings. Household net worth increased by $5.8 trillion, or 4.3%, to $141.7 trillion in the second quarter, a Federal Reserve report showed. The advance included a $3.5 trillion gain in ...

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• 29 September

  India keeps annual borrowing size amid improving revenues

  

  Bloomberg Indian bonds gained after the government refrained from adding to its near-record borrowing plan for the year, bringing some supply relief to the market battered by rising Treasury yields and oil prices. The administration will adhere to its plan to borrow 12.05 trillion rupees ($163 billion) in the year through March, the finance ministry said in a statement. The ...

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