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Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc withdrew its 2020 profit forecast, citing the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China. The uncertainty surrounding the virus means United can’t guarantee its earlier goal of earning $11 to $13 a share this year, according to a regulatory filing. The earnings target is still within reach if the outbreak runs its course by ...

Bloomberg Kobe Bryant’s widow sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in California last month, killing the retired basketball legend, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others. Vanessa Bryant is seeking compensatory and punitive damages from Island Express Helicopter Inc for negligence, according to a complaint submitted in California Superior Court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit has yet to be ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun stands to reap a $7 million bonus once the planemaker finally gets the grounded 737 Max jetliner back in the air. But there’s a catch, according to a company filing. To collect, the new CEO must also resolve lingering issues with the aerospace titan’s other problem-plagued programs. That means achieving the first human flight of ...

Bloomberg Boingo Wireless, the WiFi service used by travellers, is exploring a potential sale after receiving takeover interest, according to people familiar with the matter. The Los Angeles-based mobile internet services provider is working with an adviser to explore its options and field potential offers, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public. Boingo ...

Bloomberg Shake Shack Inc tumbled in late trading after the burger-and-fries chain gave a revenue projection for 2020 that fell short of analysts’ projections. Comparable-store sales — a key measure of restaurant and retail performance — and revenue also fell more than anticipated in the fourth quarter, as delivery growth slowed amid a shift to a partnership with Grubhub Inc. ...

Bloomberg Renewed fears that the coronavirus will harm global growth rocked commodity markets again on Monday, with oil and metals prices tumbling while gold soared towards $1,700 an ounce amid a flight to haven assets. As the deadly virus spreads more widely outside China, raising the threat of a global pandemic, finance chiefs and central bankers from the world’s largest ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Water scarcity in the region is of a rising concern, particularly as governments are moving away from reliance on traditional water resources to meet population demands, report findings have revealed. According to the ‘Mena Desalination Market’ report by Ventures Onsite, the Mena region’s investment in the water desalination market has increased “substantially”. It noted that 48 ...

Bloomberg The US will sign military deals worth more than $3 billion with India on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said at the start of a two-day state visit to the South Asian nation. “We make the greatest weapons ever made. Airplanes. Missiles. Rockets. Ships. We make the best and we’re dealing now with India. But this includes advanced air-defense systems ...

Emirates Business UAE business leaders are confident in their company’s growth prospects for the first half of 2020, with 69% expressing they are ‘very confident’, according to independent research commissioned by leading international recruitment consul- -tancy, Robert Half UAE. Business leaders in UAE revealed that operational expansion is primary influence for their 2020 hiring strategy. When questioned on the rationale ...

Bloomberg The fate of Dominion Energy Inc’s planned $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline was expected to be tested on Monday, as the US Supreme Court hears arguments on a crucial permit that would let the natural-gas line cross under the Appalachian Trail. Dominion and President Donald Trump’s administration are asking the high court to jump-start the long-delayed project after a ...