April, 2019

• 13 April

  JetBlue announces new route

  

  Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp rallied after saying it would join the hyper-competitive market for business travellers flying between the US and Europe, using Airbus SE jets with an expanded version of its premium cabin. Starting in 2021, JetBlue will make multiple daily flights from its hubs at New York’s John F. Kennedy and Boston Logan to an unspecified airport in ...

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• 13 April

  Kenya Airports body expects land at $9.9b on revaluation soon

  

  Bloomberg Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) expects its land holdings to be worth more than 1 trillion shillings ($9.9 billion) after a revaluation is concluded in a month, CEO Jonny Andersen said. “Since we’ll have a different balance sheet, we can go to the banks and ask for completely different financing because we’ll have so much value,” Andersen said in an ...

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• 13 April

  American sees hit to revenue gauge on 737, US shutdown

  Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc warned of first-quarter weakness, citing the grounding of its 737 Max fleet last month and the government shutdown early in the year. An industry gauge of pricing power will rise no more than 1 percent, the airline said. American predicted that the figure, revenue for each seat flown a mile, would be flat to up ...

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• 13 April

  Swedish beauty brand weighs sale at $1b

  Bloomberg Foreo, the six-year-old Swedish beauty company known for its electric facial cleansers and toothbrushes, is working with advisers as it considers selling itself, people familiar with the matter said. The firm could fetch more than $1 billion in a sale, the people said, asking not to be identified. PE firms are expected to be among the bidders, one of ...

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• 13 April

  Bernard Arnault’s fortune gets fresh lift from Louis Vuitton

  

  Bloomberg Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man, got another boost as LVMH shares reached a record due to better-than-expected sales of Louis Vuitton handbags and leather goods. The Frenchman, whose fortune has increased by more than $19 billion in 2019, is rubbing shoulders with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of more than ...

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• 13 April

  SoftBank’s Son to double $7.7bn stake in Uber IPO

  

  Bloomberg Masayoshi Son will soon have some evidence to back his faith in ride-hailing: His stake in Uber Technologies Inc may be worth at least double the $7.7 billion he paid for it little more than a year ago. SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund owns 16.3 percent of the world’s biggest ride-hailing company, according to Uber’s filing with the US ...

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• 13 April

  China, Malaysia to resume East Coast rail for $10.7 billion

  

  Bloomberg China has struck a deal with Malaysia to resume the East Coast Rail Link project at a smaller cost and scope. The project will now cost 44 billion ringgit ($10.7 billion) instead of the original 65.5 billion ringgit, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office. Premier Mahathir Mohamad revived talks on the rail link after cancelling it ...

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• 13 April

  Ex-Nissan exec set to be COO at Hyundai

  Bloomberg Former Nissan Motor Co executive Jose Munoz who served the Japanese automaker as chief performance officer is in talks with Hyundai Motor Co to take an executive role, Automotive News reported. Hyundai Motor is poised to appoint Munoz, 53, as global chief operating officer in South Korea and president of Hyundai Motor America, according to the report, which cited ...

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• 13 April

  Malaysia KFC operator aims to revive IPO in Q4

  Bloomberg QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd, which runs KFC and Pizza Hut outlets in Southeast Asia, aims to revive an initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company shelved its Malaysia shares sale after talks with its bankers, without giving a reason. Discussions of the IPO revival are in early ...

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• 13 April

  Tata Steel workers not convinced about JV

  Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd’s European workers said they’re unsure the company’s planned joint venture with Thyssenkrupp should go ahead as the combination may favour the German firm’s operations. Thyssenkrupp offered concessions to regulators earlier this month to win antitrust approval for a European steel joint venture, including selling plants in Belgium, Spain and the UK. The two companies are trying ...

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