June, 2018

• 20 June

  Boeing lands $6.6bn FedEx deal as freight demand grows

  

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. landed a deal for 24 cargo aircraft from FedEx Corp. worth $6.6 billion as the revival in the air freight market continues to grow. The package-hauler plans to add 12 of Boeing’s medium-size 767 freighters and 12 of the larger 777 cargo aircraft to its order book, the Chicago-based planemaker said in a statement. FedEx is already ...

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• 20 June

  India calls off flag carrier sale after failed attempt

  

  Bloomberg India has decided not to immediately revive a plan to sell its money-losing flag carrier Air India after a failed attempt to find a buyer for the state asset, people familiar with the matter said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has virtually abandoned the planned sale of Air India Ltd. after it failed to attract any bidder in a ...

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• 20 June

  Tesco takes aim at rival Sainsbury with price cuts

  

  Bloomberg Tesco Plc racked up its 10th consecutive quarter of growth and cut prices in a pre-emptive strike against rivals preparing to challenge its role as the UK’s largest retailer. The supermarket operator has lowered prices on its own-brand meat, fruit and vegetables, countering reductions promised by J Sainsbury Plc as part of its planned acquisition of Walmart Inc.’s Asda ...

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• 20 June

  American Air to cut management jobs as merger work winds down

  

  Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. will cull its management ranks as it sets a course to complete five years of work merging with US Airways. “While not all integration work is complete, much of it is and as a result, now is the right time to look at the organisational structure we need for the future,” American Chief Executive Doug ...

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• 20 June

  Kering hands $1.5bn Bottega Veneta to unknown designer

  

  Bloomberg Kering tapped an unknown designer who worked at luxury rival LVMH’s Celine to revamp the Italian handbag-maker Bottega Veneta. The 32-year-old British designer Daniel Lee will take over as creative director of the French luxury company’s third-largest brand in July. He’s succeeding Tomas Maier, the German designer who built Bottega Veneta into a $1.5 billion business but one whose ...

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• 19 June

  UAE presents evidence of Iranian support for Houthi militia

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) and the UAE Armed Forces on Tuesday presented evidence showcasing a wide range of military weapons and equipment acquired by the Arab Coalition during operations in Yemen on behalf of the legitimate Yemeni Government. The captured weapons, each of which bore distinctive links to Iran, provided physical ...

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• 19 June

  Emirates Islamic bags two Banker Middle East awards

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Islamic has received two awards at the Banker Middle East Product Awards that took place in Dubai. The bank claimed the ‘Best Mobile Banking app’ award and also won ‘Best Islamic Card’ for its Emarati Credit Card that is customised to meet the needs and lifestyles of the UAE’s national customers via exclusive privileges and offers. ...

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• 19 June

  Connected aircraft to save aviation sector $15 billion a year by 2035

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The connected aircraft, enabled by satellite communications, has the potential to save airlines $15 billion annually in operational efficiencies and 21.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2035, according to first-of-its-kind research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in association with Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global, mobile satellite communications. ...

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• 19 June

  Apple supplier BOE worst China performer

  

  Bloomberg BOE Technology Group Co.’s stock market reversal is dramatic even by China’s outsized standards. It took less than a year for the Apple Inc. supplier to go from one of the nation’s best-performing stocks to among its worst — a precipitous selloff that may not be over. China’s largest maker of screens for TVs and phones shed more than ...

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• 19 June

  Deadly dust storms worsen India’s air

  

  Bloomberg Deadly dust storms sweeping over the densely-populated north Indian plains are part of a “new normal” of disruptive weather events worsening the country’s already-lethal air pollution and causing disruption in the $2.3 trillion economy. In recent months, dust clouds and storms have killed hundreds of people, destroyed thousands of homes and farmers’ crops and led to flight cancellations. The ...

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