November, 2019

• 5 November

  Air France-KLM CEO’s strategic plan draws investor skepticism

  

  Bloomberg Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith has a long flight ahead in convincing investors the carrier can raise profitability and regain market share lost to rivals. Canadian-born Smith on Tuesday unveiled a five-year plan that would see the airline fatten margins and resume paying a dividend at an unspecified date. The last was in 2008, when the financial ...

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• 5 November

  Lawmakers slam Boeing CEO’s 737 Max testimony

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co’s chief executive officer didn’t provide complete testimony last week on the 737 Max, and congressional investigators are continuing their probe of the troubled jetliner, two House leaders said in a letter to other lawmakers. Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg, who endured hours of grilling by members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on October 30, left “a lot ...

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• 5 November

  US brands may see broad boycott in China Singles’ Day

  Bloomberg US brands may see a broad boycott at the world’s biggest shopping event this year as tensions between the US and China over everything from tariffs to technological dominance simmer. More than three-quarters of Chinese consumers surveyed said they’ll reconsider buying from American companies during the Singles’ Day shopping event on November 11, according to a report released last ...

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• 5 November

  Shoprite chief Wiese re-elected despite backlash from investors

  

  Bloomberg Shoprite Holdings Ltd reappointed Christo Wiese as chairman even after ordinary shareholders resoundingly voted against his re-election as a non-executive director. Holders of more than 61% of the shares opposed his reappointment, Africa’s biggest grocer said after its annual general meeting in Cape Town. The former billionaire only secured another term thanks to his own superior voting rights. “We ...

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• 5 November

  Under Armour falls most since July as US probes accounting

  

  Bloomberg Under Armour Inc shares plunged after the company disclosed that federal officials have been probing its accounting practices for more than two years, bringing a fresh headache to investors just as the sports brand prepares for a CEO transition. The athleticwear company also lowered its full-year revenue forecast, but it raised some other projections after posting solid third-quarter results. ...

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• 4 November

  GCC to save $76bn on adoption of renewable energy by 2020

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The GCC is rapidly adopting renewable energy generation to meet the power demand, lower carbon emissions and reduce costs, with the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), predicting that if the GCC realises its renewable energy plans, the region is set to create cumulative cost savings of $76 billion by 2030. GCC’s installed power capacity grew four-fold ...

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• 4 November

  US, China signal progress towards initial trade deal

  

  Bloomberg China is reviewing locations in the US where President Xi Jinping would be willing to meet with Donald Trump to sign the first phase of a trade deal between the world’s two largest economies, people familiar with the plans said. Officials in Beijing had hoped that if president Xi travelled to the US to sign stage one of the ...

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• 4 November

  India exits China-backed trade pact

  

  Bloomberg India pulled out of a trade pact covering much of Asia, paving the way for 15 other countries to sign the China-backed regional trade deal next year. India conveyed its decision to exit the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), foreign ministry official Vijay Thakur Singh told reporters in Bangkok on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that he was ...

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• 4 November

  RAK, India trade up 17% in 2018

  RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Vipul, Indian Consul-General in Dubai, said that the trade between Ras Al Khaimah and India increased significantly last year by 17 percent, and the value of the emirate’s exports to India exceeded AED860 million. Ras Al Khaimah is a positive model of economic success and plays a leading regional role, through its efforts to achieve ...

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• 4 November

  ECI-Kizad deal to benefit UAE investors, exporters

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal Export Credit Company, signed a MoU with Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), the integrated trade, logistics, industrial and free zone owned by Abu Dhabi Ports, to support UAE businesses and increase exports by providing export insurance solutions that meet their growth plans. The pact will help UAE-based firms to ...

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