December, 2019

• 17 December

  7 Hong Kong Airlines planes seized after missed payments

  

  Bloomberg Embattled Hong Kong Airlines had seven of its planes seized by the city’s Airport Authority after it failed to make some payments, deepening concerns about the future of a carrier whose financial difficulties nearly cost it its flying license. The seizure was made in accordance to the Airport Authority Ordinance, the government body said in an email on Tuesday, …

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• 17 December

  Harbour Air’s electric aircraft flight heralds fossil-free flight

  

  Bloomberg Vancouver-based Harbour Air just flew an all-electric commercial aircraft—for five minutes. The neon green and indigo blue seaplane took off from the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia as a small crowd cheered from the dock. The propeller aircraft, a six-passenger de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver prototype, was powered by a magniX magni500 electric motor and piloted by Harbour Air …

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• 17 December

  Hudson’s Bay investor group to mull shelving takeover offer

  

  Bloomberg Hudson’s Bay Co. Chairman Richard Baker may scrap an offer to take the struggling retailer private after regulators delayed a vote on the deal following complaints from a minority shareholder. The investor group that controls the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue is “evaluating next steps, including terminating the transaction,” according to a memo sent to advisers. The group plans …

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• 17 December

  Shoppers get fewer deals on toys

  Bloomberg Online shoppers are getting fewer discounts on toys this holiday season, despite an effort by retailers to start sales earlier to offset a shorter shopping season. Toys were discounted on average 15-18% this year compared to average drop in pricing of 31% last year, UBS analyst Arpine Kocharyan wrote in a note, citing e-commerce trends tracked by Adobe Inc. …

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• 16 December

  UAE allocates $15m to support 400,000 students in Sudan

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday announced AED55 million ($15 million) for school supplies that will support 400,000 students in Sudan. The monetary aid, provided by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), covers educational necessities, including classroom equipment. ADFD, in cooperation with the Sudanese government, supervised the delivery of the first shipment of school supplies that covers the …

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• 16 December

  Boeing weighs halting, cutting 737 Max output

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. dropped the most in nearly two months on news that the company is weighing a temporary production halt for the grounded 737 Max. With regulatory approval for the jet’s return increasingly likely to slip beyond January, Boeing’s board is considering whether to slow already-pared output of its best-selling jet, a person familiar with the matter said. Some …

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• 16 December

  Oil near 3-month high on trade deal optimism

  

  Bloomberg Oil steadied near a three-month high on cautious optimism that a preliminary trade deal between the US and China will support global fuel consumption. Futures held near $60 a barrel in New York after settling at the highest since September 16. While the partial trade deal leaves most of the tariffs built up over the 20-month conflict in place, …

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• 16 December

  HK dollar’s longest rally in five years is burning shorts

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong dollar bears are abandoning bets the currency will weaken, squeezed by the longest streak of gains in more than five years. The local dollar rose as much as 0.13% to 7.7867 versus the greenback on Monday, taking its six-day gain to about 0.5% — a large move for a pegged exchange rate. Supporting the advance are bets …

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• 16 December

  Indian central bank chief says there’s room for more policy easing

  

  Bloomberg India’s central bank governor Shaktikanta Das said there’s more room for easing monetary policy, but a lot depends on how these actions are timed. “It’s a very clear forward guidance,” Das said at the Times Network India Economic Conclave in Mumbai on Monday. “While taking a pause, we very carefully and definitively said there’s space for further monetary action, …

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• 16 December

  UBS to restructure unit catering to the super rich

  

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG plans to restructure the unit that serves the bank’s top billionaire clients in the first sweeping changes under its new co-head of key wealth management Iqbal Khan. Khan and co-head Tom Naratil are seeking to break apart the ultra high net worth unit led by Joseph Stadler and move some less rich clients into the regional …

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