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June, 2018

  • 9 June

    Uber expands electric-bicycle rentals with European debut

    Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. announced it would roll out its on-demand electric-bicycle service to Europe, as it seeks to expand its international offerings to include more environmentally-friendly forms of transportation. Uber said it aims to bring its Jump bike rental service to Berlin before the end of this summer, with other European cities to follow soon after. “When you get ...

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  • 9 June

    Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk unveils single-seater flying vehicle

    Bloomberg Kitty Hawk, the Mountain View, Calif.-based flying car company founded and backed by Larry Page, is offering a new glimpse of one its upcoming aircraft: a single-person recreational vehicle. The Kitty Hawk Flyer sports 10 battery-powered propellors and two control sticks, and looks like a human-sized drone, according to photos and videos of the final design posted to the ...

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  • 9 June

    Intel-backed startup wants to become the Uber of skies

    Bloomberg Forget autonomous cars — your next taxi might whiz you across town through the air. Volocopter GmbH, a German startup backed by Intel Corp. and Daimler AG, has built a drone-like electric helicopter to ferry travelers across city skies. The company expects to offer its first commercial trips in the next three to five years, after completing test flights ...

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  • 9 June

    Daimler adds electric truck models in race against Tesla, VW

    Bloomberg Daimler AG’s truck unit unveiled two battery-powered models for the US market, bolstering its bid to fend off Tesla Inc., Volvo AB and Volkswagen AG in the race to electrify big rigs. The German manufacturer’s Freightliner brand revealed the eCascadia, a highway hauler that can go as far as 400 kilometres between charges. The smaller eM2, with a range ...

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  • 9 June

    ‘Titans’ out as banks build new lobby group

    Bloomberg An effort by the nation’s largest banks to boost their lobbying clout in Washington is leaving three industry titans on the sidelines: Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Group AG. Though the three firms were initially slated to be included in a newly merged trade association, they were blocked after some executives argued that adding more ...

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  • 9 June

    Fed poised to increase interest rates regardless of emerging-market woes

    Bloomberg Emerging markets struggling with higher US interest rates are likely to get little sympathy from the Federal Reserve. Currencies of such nations have been hammered in a spreading selloff amid worries that their economies won’t cope with higher US borrowing costs. That’s prompted central bankers in India and Indonesia to raise interest rates and urge Fed caution. There are ...

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  • 9 June

    Deutsche Bank to trim coverage in Asia equities

    Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is cutting onshore sales and derivatives coverage in individual markets across Asia-Pacific as part of a restructuring of its equities business in the region, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move will involve unspecified staff reductions, the person said, requesting anonymity because the changes haven’t been announced. The German bank plans to focus ...

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  • 9 June

    RBI says hike wasn’t meant to boost rupee

    Bloomberg Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel signalled that the interest-rate hike was not aimed at defending the rupee. Analysts say that the move will still provide the much-needed support to the currency. For HSBC Holdings Plc and Nomura Holdings Inc., it bolsters the RBI’s credentials on the inflation-fighting front, which they say will have a rub-off effect on ...

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  • 9 June

    Extreme central banking is making the rich richer: Nordea

    Bloomberg The new global head of macro research at Nordea Bank AB says it’s now clear that the extreme monetary policies that followed the global financial crisis are making the rich richer and everyone else more indebted. Kristin Magnusson Bernard, who used to work with financial stability at the European Central Bank, says the lessons learned from cutting interest rates ...

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  • 9 June

    Unions, Washington state woo Boeing in race for ‘797’ work

    Bloomberg Boeing Co. hasn’t decided whether to build a new midrange jet, but Washington state is already teaming with aerospace workers to try to keep any new work in the planemaker’s industrial heartland. The Puget Sound region around Seattle holds an advantage as a “dense supercluster of advanced aerospace manufacturing and skilled aerospace workers,” according to a Teal Group study ...

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