December, 2019

• 25 December

  PG&E says Elliott, Pimco don’t deserve $5 billion ‘windfall’

  

  Bloomberg Bondholders don’t deserve a $5 billion “windfall” when PG&E Corp reorganises next year because the utility is in bankruptcy, voiding any right investors had to an early payoff premium, the company said in a court filing. PG&E’s bankruptcy-exit plan is built on a proposed funding package that includes refinancing about $17.5 billion of debt that has not yet matured. …

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• 25 December

  Orban ally sells coal plant before overhaul

  Bloomberg The Hungarian conglomerate controlled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s closest business ally sold the country’s biggest coal-fired power plant to the state in a U-turn after the premier agreed to the European Union‘s climate deal. The transaction on Matrai Eromu plant, signed on Monday between Opus Global Nyrt and state-owned energy group MVM Zrt, means that the projected $1 …

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• 25 December

  Mexican airport U-turn spurs interest in Lima expansion

  

  Bloomberg Mexico’s decision to cancel a $13 billion airport has made investors hungrier to participate in the expansion of Peru’s main air terminus, according to the project’s director. Anton Aramayo, who is overseeing the plans at Lima Airport Partners, said dozens of international companies are interested in bidding for around $1.2 billion of works to build a second runway and …

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• 25 December

  ‘Nut rage’ heiress slams brother atop family business

  

  Bloomberg The South Korean business dynasty that gained notoriety with the “nut-rage incident” is generating turbulence again. Heather Cho, 45, the eldest daughter of the founding family’s late patriarch, voiced her discontent over how her brother has been running the Hanjin conglomerate, whose units include flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. Walter Cho, the 43-year-old chairman of Hanjin Group and …

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• 25 December

  Shoppers in Asia want Europe’s handbags, not its supermarkets

  

  Bloomberg Even as global consumer brands grow more dependent on Asia for sales of everything from fancy handbags to baby formula, European retailers keep retreating from the world’s fastest-growing markets. The UK’s Tesco Plc, which said this month that it’s weighing a sale of its Thailand and Malaysia operations, is just the latest. Earlier this year, Germany’s Metro AG and …

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• 25 December

  Mechanic accepts sabotaging jet: American

  Bloomberg An American Airlines Group Inc. mechanic pleaded guilty to attempted destruction of an aircraft for tampering with a critical flight-monitoring device on a jet in Miami. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, entered the plea in federal court in Miami to a single count, the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement. Alani told investigators …

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• 25 December

  For Boeing’s new CEO, saving 737 Max is just first hurdle

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s incoming boss David Calhoun faces a daunting task when he takes over as chief executive officer next year: rescuing the 737 Max while mending the company’s fractured relationship with US regulators. But that’s just the first of the hurdles awaiting him. Calhoun, who takes the reins January 13, will be leading a once-proud company whose reputation for …

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• 24 December

  Saudis, Kuwait to resume oil output at shared fields

  

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agreed to resume oil production in a shared border region more than four years after halting output. Their agreement allows for “the resumption of oil production from the joint fields,” the Saudi energy ministry said on Twitter. The oil fields in the so-called neutral zone can produce as much as 500,000 barrels a day — …

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• 24 December

  Empower awarded deals worth AED1.13b in 2019

  

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), awarded contracts valued at AED1.130 billion to various companies in 2019, as part of the development of district cooling infrastructure in Dubai. The contracts included engineering consultancy; plant and other constructions, design and operation of cooling plants; expansion of district cooling pipe network; development of new networks to serve the latest …

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• 24 December

  ‘India needs to avoid fiscal stimulus as debt surges’

  

  Bloomberg India’s government should avoid a fiscal stimulus to spur the economy, and focus instead on cutting public debt so that financial resources can be freed up for investment, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. While the national government has a budget deficit target of 3.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the year through March, a better reflection of …

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