July, 2019

• 20 July

  Ghana injects fresh capital into banks

  

  Bloomberg Ghana has pumped 800 million cedis ($150 million) into a special purpose vehicle created to bail out banks that don’t have enough capital, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) will be getting the funds from the finance ministry after dropping a plan to raise the money through a bond sale, said the …

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• 20 July

  Bank of Canada modifies mortgage stress tests rules

  Bloomberg A key Canadian interest rate used by lenders to determine who can qualify for a mortgage has dropped for the first time in almost three years, potentially giving the country’s housing market a near-term boost. The Bank of Canada lowered its 5-year conventional mortgage rate to 5.19 percent, from 5.34 percent, where it had been since May 2018. It’s …

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• 20 July

  ECB seat to be filled in ‘contest’ if Latvian leader prevails

  Bloomberg The next member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council from Latvia will be selected through an open competition if Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins gets his way. The premier is looking for a clean break for the monetary authority, which was tainted by a bribery scandal during the current governor’s 18 years at the helm, he said. Karins …

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• 20 July

  Rajan hints Brexit deterred him from seeking BOE job

  

  Bloomberg Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has indicated the political challenges posed by Brexit were the reasons he didn’t apply to head up the Bank of England. In an interview with the BBC, Rajan confirmed he hadn’t sought the position and cited the fact that central banking “has become much more political in recent times” as an …

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• 20 July

  Wing unveils air traffic control app for drones

  

  Bloomberg The company that brought you free digital maps and email wants to do the same thing for your drone. Wing LLC, an offshoot of Alphabet Inc’s Google, unveiled a new app it calls OpenSky that it hopes will become the basis for a full-fledged air-traffic control system to manage the expected growth of this new class of flying devices. …

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• 20 July

  Toyota’s $2b pledge revs up Indonesia electric car push

  

  Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp will lead $3.6 billion in investments that global carmakers have pledged to plow into Indonesia’s electric-vehicle programme in the next five years, Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said. The Japanese carmaker’s commitment — it plans to spend $2 billion to build hybrid vehicle plants in Southeast Asia’s largest car market — will help the country triple its …

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• 20 July

  Tencent, BMW team up on self-driving cars

  Bloomberg Tech-giant Tencent Holdings will partner with BMW to help develop self-driving vehicles in China. The pair began collaborating on what they called BMW Group China High Performance D3 Platform, which is scheduled to begin operations by the end of the year. Tencent operates one of the largest cloud platforms in China, providing services from data storage to online computing. …

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• 20 July

  Robots scaling warehouse shelves to get stuff faster

  

  Bloomberg A logistics company partly owned by Related Cos, the developer behind Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, is searching for locations across North America to build its multistory robotic warehouses. Robots — and humans — started working this month at Quiet Logistics’ new 440,000-square-foot (41,000-square-metre) fulfillment centre in the Los Angeles area. It’s the firm’s first property on West Coast, and a …

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• 20 July

  EasyJet fares rebound as cooler summer spurs late bookings

  

  Bloomberg EasyJet Plc said a surge in late leisure bookings is lifting ticket prices, aided by a cooler summer in the UK and northern Europe. Revenue per seat, which reflects fares, is higher and sales for the three months through June rose 11 percent from a year ago, Luton, England-based EasyJet said in a statement. A drop in flight cancellations …

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• 20 July

  Jet Air insolvency administrator seeks resolution proposals

  

  Bloomberg The insolvency administrator of Jet Airways India Ltd is seeking resolution proposals for the grounded airline in a move that may give hope to creditors including State Bank of India. Any expression of interest has to be submitted by August 3, Ashish Chhawchharia, resolution professional, said in a notice published in the Economic Times newspaper. The final list of …

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