April, 2017

• 20 April

  May’s Brexit gamble

  

    With her decision to call an election in June, Theresa May becomes the second consecutive UK prime minister to take a gamble with Brexit. Her decision need not prove as disastrous as David Cameron’s, however — especially if she runs the right kind of campaign. May has reason to ask voters for her own mandate as leader of the ...

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• 20 April

  World must denuclearize Korean peninsula

    North Korea’s unbridled move to develop nuclear weapons capable of striking the US and its allies in the region is pushing the Korean peninsula towards its most severe crisis in years. According to an estimate North Korean regime possesses between 10 and 25 nuclear weapons and launch vehicles together with ballistic missiles that could strike South Korea and Japan, ...

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• 20 April

  Alarm bells start ringing for British economy

  

    Having long been considered one of the most stable democracies in the world, Britain will hold a new general election on June 8 — barely two years after the last. However, with the Conservative Party on course for securing a comfortable majority, political uncertainty may not be the biggest risk facing the UK. A weakening economy could well pose ...

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• 20 April

  Uber shouldn’t just be a thing for French to fear

  

    The traffic jams were worse than normal in Paris on Tuesday morning, and Uber Technologies Inc. was to blame. No, it wasn’t because too many of its black sedans were on the road, nor even that French taxi drivers were protesting again about the American interloper. Rather, it was a result of the fear the ride-hailing app casts over ...

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• 20 April

  Reconciling the IMF’s three growth messages

  

    Three important messages for the global economy emerged from the latest ‘World Economic Outlook’ released by the International Monetary Fund this week: The baseline for economic growth is essentially the same over the medium term, with slightly better shorter-term prospects; the risks are getting bigger and are tilted to the downside; and better national policy making and improved cross-border ...

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• 20 April

  Mitsubishi to display its regional jet at Paris Air show

  

    Bloomberg Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is looking to display its new regional aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June as it seeks more overseas orders for Japan’s first passenger jet after delaying the plane’s debut five times. The company is working out details on how it can pull one of four aircraft currently undergoing flight testing in the US ...

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• 20 April

  Malaysia Airlines to track planes with satellites

  

    Bloomberg Malaysia Airlines, which lost a wide-body jet with 239 people aboard three years ago in one of history’s most enduring aviation mysteries, has become the first airline to sign an agreement for space-based flight tracking of its aircraft. Malaysia Airlines Bhd. reached a deal with Aireon LLC, SITAONAIR and FlightAware LLC to enable it to monitor the flight ...

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• 20 April

  Lufthansa in talks with Iran Air over services

  

    DUBAI / Reuters Lufthansa is in talks with Iran Air to provide catering, maintenance and pilot training as it seeks to take advantage of emerging business opportunities in the country, executives at the German airline group said. Foreign companies have been vying for contracts in Iran since economic sanctions were lifted last year in return for Tehran curbing its ...

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• 20 April

  American Air pilots say uniforms make them ill too

    Bloomberg American Airlines pilots will be surveyed about reactions to the carrier’s new uniforms after about 100 reported rashes, itching and other symptoms similar to those experienced by hundreds of flight attendants. Some aviators said recently they had red, swollen eyes and a general ill feeling even though they had been wearing the new clothing since September, according to ...

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• 20 April

  Charge me up!

  

    SARANAC LAKE, NY / AP Sunita Halasz has tips for ‘driving electric’ along lonely roads in New York’s Adirondack Mountains: know the locations of charging stations, bring activities for the kids during three-hour recharges, turn on the energy-hogging window defroster in just 10-second bursts. And have a backup plan. “When we really go anywhere, I have a whole list of ...

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