Singapore Airlines reports biggest-ever quarterly loss

Bloomberg Singapore Airlines Ltd posted its biggest ever quarterly loss as the coronavirus decimated travel demand and fuel hedging and fleet impairment charges weighed on its bottom line. The carrier reported a net loss of S$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) for the three months ended on September 30 versus a S$94.5 million profit the same period a year ago, before Covid-19 ...

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EasyJet sells jets to raise cash reserves

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc boosted cash reserves via a new round of aircraft sales as a wave of coronavirus lockdowns pushes it to deepen capacity cuts. Britain’s biggest discount carrier raised $169.5 million through the sale of 11 Airbus SE jets, which it will lease back, according to a statement. The move takes the number of planes involved in such transactions ...

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Coty surges as sales declines ease amid pandemic slump

Bloomberg Coty Inc soared after the maker of Covergirl and Sally Hansen reported sales declines that abated from the previous quarter. Revenue excluding the company’s Wella business, which is being sold, fell 20% to $1.1 billion in the quarter ended on September 30. Including Wella, the decline was 13%, compared with a drop of 56% in the previous quarter. Chief ...

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Southwest warns workers of first layoffs in company history

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co issued notices for what could be the first involuntary furloughs in its 49-year history, saying a union declined to discuss concessions aimed at cutting payroll costs. Forty-two workers who manage parts inventory and are represented by the Teamsters union received federally required notices that they could be laid off as of January 11, the Dallas-based airline ...

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JetBlue Air adds NY trips during thanksgiving

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp is adding flights from the New York area during Thanksgiving week in a bid to tap an uptick in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, just as Governor Andrew Cuomo is beefing up enforcement of quarantine restrictions. The 25 nonstop flights will operate between November 20 and November 30 from New York’s John F Kennedy International as ...

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Biden calls for unity, tolerance in US

Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden called on Americans to put aside the divisiveness of the past four years under Donald Trump with a victory speech that promised swift action against the coronavirus pandemic and an orderly transfer of power after a bitter election. “Let’s give each other a chance,” Biden told a cheering, honking crowd at a drive-in rally on in ...

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Suu Kyi’s party likely to win in Myanmar polls

Bloomberg Myanmar started counting millions of votes cast on Sunday in the country’s second election since military rule ended in 2011, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) expected to win another term. Television broadcasts showed early ballots being counted in the presence of candidates, election officers and observers. Official results ...

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Raab says UK can resolve Brexit

Bloomberg Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he’s “confident” the UK will be able to resolve Brexit issues relating to Northern Ireland and played down fears Britain’s split from the European Union will sour relations with US President-elect Joe Biden. Raab said Boris Johnson’s government has reassured Biden’s team the UK has “no intention of imperiling” Ireland’s peace process and the ...

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StanChart to rollout flexible working option from 2021

Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc plans to offer flexible work options to more than 90% of its 85,000 staff over three years, a sign of how pandemic crisis management is leading to long-term change in the role of the office. The bank said about half its staff will be able to apply for some form of hybrid work from early 2021. ...

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Deutsche raids StanChart team in China wealth push

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG has added nine Standard Chartered Plc bankers to its team servicing wealthy clients in China and Hong Kong, according to a person familiar with the matter, continuing a raid on its London-based rival that began with the hiring of Boris Kwok. The appointments, which were made in recent months, bring Deutsche Bank’s total hires from Standard ...

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