June, 2018

• 23 June

  Boeing faces trade turbulence in China

  

  Bloomberg In the perennial battle between Boeing Co. and Airbus SE, China has for years tried to keep orders on an even keel between the duopoly. Now, thanks to US President Donald Trump, the American planemaker is at risk of losing its meager lead in the world’s second-biggest aviation market. With the rising prospect of an all-out trade war after …

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• 23 June

  Naspers frees up cash to tap flood of investment options

  

  Bloomberg Naspers Ltd. has put aside the proceeds of share sales in Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. and India’s Flipkart to pay for new investments due to the abundance of opportunities in its preferred media and technology markets. Africa’s biggest company by market value raised $9.8 billion in March by selling a 2 percent stake in Tencent — its …

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• 23 June

  Bombardier sees more CRJ jet orders after Delta

  

  Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. is building momentum to expand orders for its CRJ regional jets this year after securing a deal with Delta Air Lines, its second in two months. Delta agreed to purchase 20 of Bombardier’s CRJ900 aircraft valued at about $961 million based on list prices. The deal followed an agreement with American Airlines Group Inc. in May for …

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• 23 June

  Online retailers can be forced to collect tax, says US court

  

  Bloomberg The US Supreme Court freed states and local governments to start collecting billions of dollars in new sales taxes from online retailers, overturning a ruling that had made much of the internet a tax-free zone and put traditional retailers at a disadvantage. News of the ruling caused shares of Internet retailers including Amazon.com Inc. and Wayfair Inc. to fall. …

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• 20 June

  Mubadala buys 10% stake in Egypt gasfield

  Bloomberg Mubadala Petroleum on Wednesday announced that it has completed the acquisition from Italy’s Eni of a 10 percent participating interest in the offshore Shorouk Concession in Egypt, which contains the supergiant Zohr gas field. Following the completion, Eni, through its subsidiary IEOC, holds a 50 percent interest in the concession. The other partners in the concession are BP with …

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• 20 June

  Engie gets $139-mn tax bill as EU bans Luxembourg pact

  

  Bloomberg French energy utility Engie SA faces a 120 million-euro ($139 million) tax bill after the European Union said it benefited from an unfair fiscal arrangement with Luxembourg. Concluding a state-aid probe into the tax affairs of Engie, the European Commission on Wednesday said Luxembourg selectively deviated from provisions of national law to help lower the tax bill for France’s …

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• 20 June

  Permian oil faces shut ins on pipe shortage, says US shale giant

  

  Bloomberg The biggest US shale region will have to shut wells within four months because there aren’t enough pipelines to get the oil to customers, the head of one of the industry’s largest producers said. The worsening bottleneck in the Permian region that straddles west Texas and New Mexico offers an unexpected fillip to OPEC and other oil producers outside …

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• 20 June

  Copperbelt Energy of Zambia eyes $250mn power investment

  Bloomberg Copperbelt Energy Corp., the Zambian electricity supplier with customers including Glencore Plc’s copper mines, may invest as much as $250 million in solar projects and transmission lines in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, Chief Executive Officer Owen Silavwe said. The amount includes two solar plants to generate 30 megawatts and 50 megawatts respectively, and the company is still …

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• 20 June

  Tech rally drives US stock gains, Treasury yields edge higher

  

  Bloomberg US stocks were lifted by a rally in tech shares as concerns about a potential global trade war eased. Treasury yields edged higher and oil rallied. The S&P 500 was slightly higher after paring an early advance, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped a seventh straight day. The Nasdaq Composite Index added to an all-time high, buoyed by …

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• 20 June

  Crude advances as US stockpile drop presages OPEC meet

  

  Bloomberg Crude clung to gains after a larger-than-expected decline in US crude stockpiles heightened the importance of a key OPEC meeting later this week. Futures rose as much as 1.9 percent in New York on Wednesday. American oil inventories plunged by 5.91 million barrels last week, a bigger withdrawal than any of the 12 analysts in a Bloomberg survey expected. …

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