July, 2019

• 13 July

  Ryanair may pare growth plans over 737 grounding

  

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc will need to pare back its growth plans for next summer if the grounding of the Boeing Co 737 Max drags on late into this year. Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary is set to meet with Boeing in the next two weeks, when the discounter will push for a specific date for the plane’s return to …

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• 13 July

  Steinhoff sales gain on slow road to recovery

  Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s first-half sales gain gives the global retailer some wiggle room as it looks to finalise debt-restructuring talks. Still, there is plenty of uncertainty. Steinhoff said sales rose 3 percent in the six months through March to $7.7 billion. The owner of Poundland in the UK and Conforama in France reported its third set of earnings …

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• 13 July

  Alitalia can get a rapper a custom jet but can’t pay its debts

  

  Bloomberg When Italian rapper Fedez flew to Sicily to marry fashion star Chiara Ferragni, bankrupt Alitalia provided a special plane, complete with tailor-made tickets, a dedicated departure gate and onboard gadgets. The company’s largesse sparked protests in parliament and online — as well as demands from the government for an explanation. Alitalia said the flight, from Milan’s Linate airport to …

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• 10 July

  New curriculum hopes to counter extremism, reduce radicalisation

  ABU DHABI / WAM Search for Common Ground (Search) in collaboration with Hedayah, the International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), has released the first ever complete CVE Training Curriculum. Financed by the European Union’s Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism (STRIVE) Global programme, the initiative is aimed to raise awareness on collaborative CVE approaches among governments and civil …

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• 10 July

  200 experts to convene in Abu Dhabi for World Energy Congress

  ABU DHABI / WAM More than 200 of the respected energy experts, pioneers and decision makers from around the globe have now been lined up to lead the discussions at the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi. To be held from September 9 to 12 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), the event will mark the first time …

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• 10 July

  Oil jumps on falling US inventories, Iran tension

  

  Bloomberg Oil jumped to the highest in a week as an industry report showing a continued draw-down in US crude inventories tightened a supply outlook that’s being threatened by rising tension in the Middle East. Futures in New York rose as much as 2.7 percent on Wednesday, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that policy makers may cut interest …

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• 10 July

  Feud between India’s IndiGo founders starts getting ugly

  

  Bloomberg A dispute between the founders of Asia’s biggest budget airline deepened after one accused the other of dubious governance practices, roiling the company’s shares and raising concerns that the feud will drag on. Billionaire Rakesh Gangwal informed IndiGo’s operator, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, that he flagged some of his governance concerns about co-founder Rahul Bhatia to the Securities and Exchange …

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• 10 July

  Boris Johnson’s ‘Heathrow plan’ risks 300,000 jobs

  

  Bloomberg Cancellation of plans for a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport could cost the UK economy more than 300,000 jobs, an industry study warned as would- be prime minister Boris Johnson said he’d review the project. As many as 120,000 posts would be put at risk by any erosion of Britain’s competitiveness in air transport, while a further 200,000 …

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• 10 July

  Levi Strauss tumbles as Q2 earnings slip 21%

  Bloomberg Levi Strauss & Co fell in late trading as profit in its second quarter as a public company tumbled from a year earlier. The denim maker said on its conference call that adjusted diluted earnings slipped 21 percent from the prior year to 17 cents. When including $29 million of expenses associated with its IPO, second-quarter profit was 7 …

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• 10 July

  Airbus builds order lead with June haul as Max jet weighs on Boeing

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE booked a slew of jetliner deals from last month’s Paris Air Show, dragging the company out of one of the thinnest sales periods in its recent history. Toulouse, France-based Airbus signed contracts for 145 planes in June, taking the first-half total into positive territory at 88, as cancellations had previously outweighed new sales. The results outpaced arch-rival …

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