November, 2021

• 7 November

  Facebook’s profit engine is proving irresistible for investors

  

  Bloomberg A lot of the content on Facebook’s social-media services may be seen as being toxic, but that hasn’t stopped investors from pouring money back into beaten-down stock. Shares of the social media giant, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, posted their first weekly gain since early September, before a trove of internal data from a whistle-blower unleashed another round …

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• 7 November

  Apple recruits Tesla’s autopilot software director for car effort

  

  Bloomberg Apple Inc, bolstering its car-development efforts, hired a former engineer from Tesla Inc. who drew controversy this year for remarks about that company’s Autopilot feature. The iPhone maker tapped Christopher “CJ” Moore for its team working on a self-driving car, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Moore is working on the effort’s software, reporting to Stuart Bowers, …

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• 7 November

  BMW muscles through chip shortage with profit jump

  

  Bloomberg BMW AG earnings jumped to beat expectations after higher vehicle prices and prioritizing money-spinning models like the $75,000 X7 SUV helped the company offset output reductions due to the dearth of chips. Group earnings before tax surged 50% to 2.9 billion euros ($3.4 billion) in the third quarter, BMW said, compared with an average analysts’ estimate of 2.5 billion …

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• 7 November

  Ferrari hikes full-year profit target

  Bloomberg Ferrari NV slightly raised its full-year profit target after the Italian supercar maker managed to dodge most of the supply-chain snarls weighing on mass-market automakers. Ferrari forecasts adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of about $1.76 billion for 2021 after a jump in third-quarter shipments and profit, it said. New Chief Executive Officer Benedetto Vigna is under …

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• 4 November

  Shell mulls making renewable jet fuel at new Swedish facility

  

  Bloomberg The Royal Dutch Shell Plc is looking into developing a production site next to a Swedish nuclear power plant to make synthetic sustainable jet fuel for Scandinavian airline SAS AB. Together with plant operator Vattenfall AB and synthetic fuel maker LanzaTech Inc, the companies agreed to investigate starting a facility that could provide SAS with a quarter of its …

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• 4 November

  American’s cancelled flights portend messy holiday travel

  

  Bloomberg The razor-thin staffing that contributed to thousands of canceled US passenger flights in October doesn’t bode well for smooth holiday travel. American Airlines Group Inc scrapped about 1,900 flights since Saturday, including 302 by November 1, as cancellations continued to ripple from the disruption of flights by high winds at its main hub near Dallas. Just three weeks ago, …

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• 4 November

  China’s big 3 airlines slump as Covid bashes earnings

  

  Bloomberg China’s three main airlines slid in trade in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the wake of disappointing earnings announcements. China Southern Airlines Co, Air China Ltd and China Eastern Airlines Corp were rooted to the bottom of a Bloomberg gauge of Asia-Pacific airline stocks, their A shares in Shanghai falling more than 3%. China Southern fell as much as …

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• 4 November

  Relaxing of Japan border controls lifts hopes for tourist stocks

  

  Bloomberg While Japan’s not yet ready to welcome foreign tourists back, prospects are finally looking up for stocks related to the country’s beleaguered travel industry. Airline shares jumped after the Nikkei reported Japan is considering allowing business travellers, exchange students and trainees enter the country from as early as this month — the first relaxation of tight border controls since …

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• 4 November

  AirAsia X shares sink 21% amid going concern doubt

  

  Bloomberg AirAsia X Bhd’s shares dived by the most in more than a year after the long haul budget airline was officially categorised as a financially distressed firm, which gives the company a year to recast its finances or risk losing its Malaysian listing. The stock tumbled as much as 21.1% to 7.5 sen on Monday, set for the steepest …

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• 4 November

  VietJet signals move for Airbus A330 jets with Rolls engine deal

  Bloomberg VietJet Aviation JSC indicated that it plans to establish a fleet of Airbus SE A330 jets for flights beyond Asia after signing a service deal for the Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engines that power the twin-aisle model. The Vietnamese airline will outfit upcoming wide-bodies with Rolls-Royce Trent 700 turbines, it said in a statement. A Rolls spokeswoman said the $400 …

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