July, 2021

• 8 July

  Thailand turns Bangkok terminal to hospital

  Bloomberg Thailand plans to convert a terminal at the nation’s main international airport into a field hospital as a surge in coronavirus infections that’s straining the nation’s public health system shows little sign of easing. Airports of Thailand Pcl, operator of the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, has been asked to convert the newly completed terminal into a facility with an intensive-care …

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• 8 July

  China’s Xiaomi seeks up to $1 billion in dollar bond sale

  

  Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp is marketing a dollar bond deal to global investors as Chinese technology companies face fresh scrutiny in an new era of tighter oversight from Beijing. The smartphone maker is looking to raise about $1 billion from the debt sale, people familiar with the matter said. That would include a rare green bond tranche from the nation’s tech …

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• 8 July

  Futures rise with stocks ahead of Fed minutes

  

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures rise along with stocks in Europe as investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for clues on policy makers’ thinking on interest rates and stimulus. Bonds stabilised after a rally. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed, led by gains in commodity sectors, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc rising more than 3% after saying it …

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• 7 July

  Pakistan imports goods worth $6.2b from UAE

  ISLAMABAD / WAM Pakistan has imported $6,199.069 million worth of goods against the imports of $5,976.483 million last year from the UAE, showing an increase of 3.72 percent. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its latest figures released said, that China topped the list of countries from where Pakistan imported different products during the first eleven months of financial …

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• 7 July

  Heathrow reopens runway, terminal on travel optimism

  

  Bloomberg London’s Heathrow Airport is dusting off facilities that have been mothballed for over a year, as Europe’s busiest airport prepares for a long-awaited surge in air traffic. The hub reopened its second runway and plans to resume normal operations at Terminal 3 starting from July 15, a spokesman said. T3 closed in May 2020, around the same time Heathrow …

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• 7 July

  Airbus delivered more than 70 planes in June

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE delivered more than 70 jets in June, one of its best months for handovers since the start of the pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The tally would take the company’s total handovers for the first six months of the year above 290 aircraft, for an increase of about 50% versus last year. Airbus is …

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• 7 July

  EU to charge airlines more for polluting in its green strategy

  

  Bloomberg Airlines in the world’s biggest carbon market will eventually have to pay for all the pollution from their planes as the European Union strengthens its climate policies under the Green Deal. A proposal by the European Commission includes a gradual phase out of emission allowances for carriers, and will be part of measures to be announced on July 14, …

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• 7 July

  Suning.com gets $1.36b state-backed, Alibaba bailout

  

  Bloomberg Chinese billionaire Zhang Jindong secured a $1.36 billion state-backed bailout for the troubled retail arm of his Suning empire, marking another step in Beijing’s efforts to clean up its heavily indebted conglomerates. A group of investors, led by the Nanjing state asset management committee and the Jiangsu provincial government, will take a 16.96% stake in Suning.com Co, according to …

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• 7 July

  Investigators to begin search for Hawaii jet’s black boxes

  Bloomberg US investigators plan to begin scanning the sea bed off Hawaii in search of the wreckage of a Boeing Co 737-200 that went down after losing power in both its engines. Special sonar devices that can map the sea bed will be used to locate critical wreckage and the jet’s two crash-proof recorders, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) …

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• 7 July

  Krispy Kreme jumps in US trading debut

  Bloomberg Krispy Kreme Inc’s shares rose in their first day of trading, giving the doughnut chain a much-needed lift a day after it was forced to downsize its initial public offering. The stock reversed an early decline and jumped 24% to $21 a share in New York. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, which is owned by investment firm JAB Holdings …

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