Biden’s electric vehicles target is all about drive

A certain school of thought holds long-term targets as meaningless, as the people making them will no longer be in their job by the time they are proved right or wrong. That’s especially the case for a two-term limited US president. But when it comes to Joe Biden and electric vehicles, it hardly matters whether his new target for 2030 ...

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Airbus A321 delays flare as planemaker begins ramp up

Bloomberg Airbus SE has encountered issues with the production of its flagship narrow-body model, just as it begins ramping up jetliner build rates following coronavirus lockdowns. Customer Air Lease Corp said on an analyst call that some A321neo handovers due this year have been pushed back as Airbus struggles with pandemic and supply-chain issues. The lessor added in a filing ...

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Covid-19: Adidas suffers from weaker sales demand

Bloomberg Adidas AG fell the most in four months as investors looked past a modest increase in profit guidance and focused instead on weaker demand in China and factory shutdowns in Vietnam. While revenue in Europe and North America almost doubled in the second quarter, boosted by the phasing out of pandemic restrictions and a return of major sporting events, ...

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Amazon lottery offers vaccinated workers cars and $500,000 cash

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc — summoning its inner Oprah — will offer cash prizes of as much as $500,000 as well as cars and vacation packages to frontline employees who can prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Unwilling so far to mandate vaccinations for its 1.3-million-strong workforce, the world’s largest online retailer is hoping a corporate lottery — called Max ...

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Cebu Air refunds $153m to customers

Bloomberg Cebu Air Inc, the largest Philippine budget carrier, said it refunded 7.7 billion pesos ($153 million) to customers, completing requests for reimbursements that were filed until June due to the pandemic. The airline processed 991,764 requests and continues to work with customers whose applications are still pending, Cebu Air said in a statement. Cebu Air in May raised $250 ...

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Boeing 737 Max arrives in China for flight tests

Bloomberg A Boeing Co 737 Max 7 has arrived at the Shangai airport for flight tests by Chinese authorities, the Paper reported. Chinese aviation officials last month signalled they are open to conducting flight tests on the plane in a step toward lifting its grounding after more than two years. China was the first nation to ground the Max, acting ...

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United compels worker Covid shots in first for US airlines

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc said workers must get vaccinated against the coronavirus, becoming the first major US carrier to impose the mandate. Employees must receive the vaccine and upload their injection record to a company database no later than October 25, although that date could change, United said in a memo. In mid-June, the Chicago-based airline began requiring new ...

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Brazil political crisis grows as Bolsonaro, top court bicker

Bloomberg President Jair Bolsonaro’s relentless attack on Brazil’s voting system soured his relationship with the Supreme Court, leaving the country on the brink of an institutional crisis. Top Justice Luiz Fux canceled plans for a meeting with Bolsonaro and the heads of congress that was intended to defuse rising tensions between them. The move came a day after the court ...

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Myanmar citizens charged with plot against UN envoy

Bloomberg Two citizens of Myanmar were arrested in the US and charged with conspiring to injure or kill their nation’s ambassador to the United Nations, federal prosecutors in New York said in a statement. Phyo Hein Htut and Ye Hein Zaw are charged with plotting with a Thai arms dealer who sells weapons to Myanmar’s military government, which took over ...

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Haiti’s tycoon denies to Moise murder plot

Bloomberg Just a few weeks ago, Reginald Boulos, a prominent Haitian businessman, was planning his first presidential run in one of the hemisphere’s most chaotic and troubled nations. Those plans ended July 7 with the brazen murder of President Jovenel Moise and subsequent allegations that Boulos, 65, might have helped finance the country’s first presidential assassination in a century. Speaking ...

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