July, 2020

• 19 July

  Rolls-Royce gets union backing for 700 job cuts

  

  Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc has reached agreement with unions on up to 700 UK job cuts this year, with the rest of its planned downsizing made up by employees taking voluntary buyouts. The company announced in June it planned to eliminate 3,000 UK jobs this year. While more than that number applied for voluntary severance, the company will still make …

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• 19 July

  Delta seeks to cut pilot hours to avoid involuntary layoffs

  

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc has proposed cutting the number of hours pilots fly each month by 15% to further reduce labour spending and help avoid involuntary layoffs as surging US coronavirus cases quash travel demand. The proposal offered to the Delta unit of the Air Line Pilots Association would remain in place for a year with hours flexing back …

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• 19 July

  Virgin Atlantic returns to skies bracing for 3-year slump

  

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, fresh from getting a $1.5 billion rescue package, is anticipating a sluggish recovery in air travel that won’t see demand returning to 2019 levels for at least three years. The British carrier founded by Richard Branson is resuming passenger flights next week with trips to Hong Kong, New York and Los Angeles. Widespread border restrictions …

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• 19 July

  CBL plans to file for bankruptcy protection

  Bloomberg CBL & Associates Properties Inc, the owner of more than 100 shopping malls across the US, is preparing to file for bankruptcy, according to people with knowledge of the plans. The company has been negotiating with its lenders in an effort to enter Chapter 11 with a consensual restructuring agreement in place, said the people, who asked not to …

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• 19 July

  SAA money yet to be found, says South African minister

  Bloomberg South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, said the government has yet to determine how the rescue of South African Airways (SAA) will be funded. His ministry and the National Treasury said they would mobilise the additional 10 billion rand ($599 million) the bankrupt airline’s administrators said is needed to effect the rescue. In a July 17 Twitter …

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• 19 July

  Asia’s world-beating stock rally has bulls betting on more gains

  

  Bloomberg In a global market where hardly anything made sense this year, one trend seems to be supported by economic reality: Asian stocks’ outperformance versus the rest of the world driven by the region’s better containment of the coronavirus. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index is set to beat the S&P 500 and the MSCI Europe Index for a second straight …

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• 19 July

  China integrates trading of $14trn local bond markets

  

  Bloomberg China took a further step in integrating its fragmented bond markets, a move which analysts say could reduce complexity and attract foreign investors. Bond traders on interbank market and stock exchanges can now trade bonds listed on both venues, the People’s Bank of China and the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a joint statement Sunday. The regulators will …

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• 19 July

  March of zombie firms just gets louder in stock market

  Bloomberg To best observe the real-world impact of Federal Reserve largesse in the stock market, maybe focus on its fringe. That is, places occupied by companies whose lease on life is weakest: small-cap firms that don’t make any money. Since equities bottomed around the time Fed Chair Jerome Powell pulled out all the stops to shore up markets, shares of …

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• 18 July

  Oil dips as weak economic data reinforcing sour demand view

  

  Bloomberg Crude clung to losses amid a combination of weak economic data and signals that a recovery in consumption may be slowing. Futures posted a 0.4% decline in New York. Although strength in US equities pushed oil up from the lows of the session, futures were unable to rally amid a flurry of disappointing data points. In the US, consumer …

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• 18 July

  EU leaders near accord for $860b stimulus plan

  

  Bloomberg European Union (EU) leaders meeting in Brussels for a second day are closing in on a deal for a 750 billion-euro ($860 billion) stimulus package after the Dutch government indicated support for the direction of the negotiations. A new proposal unveiled on Saturday, which would keep the overall size of the fund the same but reduce the amount distributed …

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