July, 2019

• 27 July

  Boeing warns it may halt 737 Max output

  

  Bloomberg Boeing warned it will consider slowing or even temporarily halting production of 737 Max, the company’s most important jetliner, if a global flying ban drags on longer than anticipated. The planemaker’s best estimate is that it will submit software updates and paperwork for the Max by September to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), followed weeks later by approval …

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• 27 July

  Advent to buy UK defense firm Cobham in $5bn deal

  

  Bloomberg US buyout firm Advent International Corp agreed to acquire UK defense and aerospace company Cobham Plc for about 4 billion pounds ($5 billion), as cash-flush private-equity firms seek targets in Britain. Cobham shareholders will receive 165 pence a share in cash, a 34 percent premium to the closing price, the companies said. The stock traded 35 percent higher at …

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• 27 July

  Chipotle stock rises on strong earnings

  Bloomberg Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc jumped after second-quarter earnings showed the burrito chain’s investment in digital ordering, delivery and advertising is paying off. Same-store sales, a key gauge of success for restaurants, rose 10 percent, compared with the 8.4 percent projected by analysts surveyed by Consensus Metrix. That’s the 10th straight quarter in positive territory and shows the company is …

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• 27 July

  Starwood Capital, Apollo vie for $4b GE air-finance unit

  

  Bloomberg Starwood Capital Group and Apollo Global Management have submitted offers to buy an aircraft-financing business owned by General Electric Co, which could fetch around $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. GE is working with advisers as it explores a possible sale of PK AirFinance, a subsidiary of the conglomerate’s broader aircraft-leasing business known as GECAS, said …

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• 27 July

  Samsung revives its Galaxy Fold for September launch

  

  Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co will begin selling its Galaxy Fold in September, resurrecting a device it pulled months ago after early reviewers reported defects in the gadget’s much-touted flexible screen. The world’s biggest smartphone maker is conducting final testing after making a series of modifications to the device, and said in an online post it will sell the phone in …

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• 27 July

  Roku working on new device to improve video streaming

  

  Bloomberg Roku Inc is working on a new device to address a common problem with streaming TV set-top-boxes: video quality. The company is developing a Wi-Fi extender called Roku Relay and is testing it internally, according to people familiar with the matter. The device increases the range of a Wi-Fi router, spreading internet signals further through homes so online video …

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• 27 July

  Toyota invests $600m in China’s Didi

  

  Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp will inject $600 million into Didi Chuxing and help the Chinese company set up a car fleet management venture, bankrolling the loss-making ride-hailing giant’s expansion. The Japanese auto-maker will work with Didi to provide services including rental and car maintenance. Toyota will use its connected-car technology and intelligent analysis to help bolster Didi’s business, the partners …

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• 27 July

  Snapchat user growth accelerates after android fix

  

  Bloomberg Snapchat’s growth accelerated after the social-media company rolled out an improved version of its Android mobile application and introduced fun ways for people to manipulate their images and videos. Snap Inc, whose Snapchat app lets people send each other disappearing photos and videos, said an average of 203 million users logged in daily in the second quarter, well ahead …

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• 24 July

  UAE, Indonesia firms sign raft of deals

  

  BOGOR / WAM Corporate giants of the UAE that include Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Mubadala, and global trade enabler DP World have signed slew of agreements with Indonesian companies, on Wednesday. The signing of the pacts took place on the sidelines of the state visit by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi …

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• 24 July

  World’s largest AI startup to open Abu Dhabi hub

  Bloomberg SenseTime Group Ltd., one of the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence startups, is setting up a hub in Abu Dhabi for Europe, Middle East and Africa with plans to hire hundreds of engineers. The Chinese facial recognition firm, which counts Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as an investor, will start work on the research and development center this year and build …

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