February, 2017

• 21 February

  EU tries to keep multinationals from using tax loopholes

    AP European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to new rules aimed at preventing multinational companies from exploiting differences in tax rates between countries in the 28-country EU and those outside the bloc. At a meeting in Brussels, ministers backed the new rules, which will target various practices whereby large corporations can take advan-tage of loopholes between the tax ...

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• 21 February

  US utilities warn investors of tax reform risks

  

    Bloomberg US utility owners from Duke Energy Corp. to NextEra Energy Inc. are warning investors that their earnings may take a hit from tax reforms being floated in Washington. At risk is a provision corporations have enjoyed for years. It gives utilities the right to deduct what can be considerable tax expenses because of the billions of dollars of ...

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• 21 February

  Britain posts record surplus of $11.7 billion

    Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond received a pre-budget boost as Britain posted the biggest surplus for any January since at least 2001. The 9.4 billion-pound ($11.7 billion) surplus compared with 9.1 billion pounds a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday. Revenue rose 5.3 percent and spending increased 5.4 percent. The figures are restated going ...

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• 21 February

  Air France plans to fight budget rivals on costs

  

    Bloomberg Air France pilots approved the carrier’s plan to carve out a new, lower-cost business to counter increasing pressure from rivals, marking a rare agreement with workers after years of contentious labor relations at the carrier. Flight-deck employees represented by the SNPL union, who account for two-thirds of pilots at the French arm of Air France-KLM Group, voted 58.1 ...

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• 21 February

  Wal-Mart earnings fall, but online sales surge

  

    BENTONVILLE / AP Wal-Mart says fourth-quarter earnings fell nearly 18 percent, hurt by its investments in e-commerce and stores. But the world’s largest retailer saw its U.S. business accelerate during the period that covers the holiday shopping season. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said on Tuesday it earned $3.76 billion, or $1.22 per share in the three months ended Jan. ...

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• 21 February

  Deliveroo records 23% increase in lunchtime orders

    Dubai / Emirates Business As Deliveroo, the growing on-demand food delivery company, celebrates four years in business, it reveals new figures that demonstrate how the platform is helping restaurants in the UAE win new customers and generate more revenue. With more than 800 restaurant partners in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, restaurant owners have reported a sustained growth in meal ...

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• 21 February

  Boeing chief builds cozy relationship with Trump

  

    Bloomberg Few companies have been as successful as Boeing Co. in building a cozy relationship with President Donald Trump. The question is how close is too close. The company found itself in an awkward position this week after Bloomberg reported that Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg had listened in on a phone call last month between Trump and the ...

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• 21 February

  HSBC warns of risks to world economic growth as profit dives

  

    HONG KONG / AP London-based bank HSBC reported on Tuesday that its annual profit slumped following a year it said would be remembered for “unexpected economic and political events” and warned of risks in 2017 to the global economy’s continuing recovery. Europe’s biggest bank said net profit for 2016 tumbled 82 percent to $2.5 billion from $13.5 billion a ...

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• 21 February

  Credit Suisse bets on rich Europeans trading

  

    Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is seeing a pickup in its private banking business in Europe as clients seek counsel on how to protect fortunes from shock election outcomes. “Clients need advice,” on how to manage political uncertainty, Iqbal Khan, head of international wealth management, said in an interview at the bank’s headquarters in Zurich. “I would expect Europe ...

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• 21 February

  Mexico’s central bank may face slowdown

  

    Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank should be prepared for a slowdown in its economy while growth in the U.S. accelerates, with potential implications to the path of benchmark interest rates in the coming months, the newest member of the central bank board Alejandro Diaz de Leon said. A series of rate increases by the central bank in the past year ...

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