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Bloomberg India stocks fell, tracking peers across Asia, as appetite for risk remained subdued in the region. The S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.4% to 40,979.62 in Mumbai, its lowest level since February 4, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index slipped 0.6%. Markets across Asia traded in the red as investors weighed the impact from coronavirus on economic activity. Of the ...

Bloomberg The coronavirus outbreak in Asia is starting to ripple through the cryptocurrency world in some unanticipated ways — the cancellation of conferences and even the shuttering of facilities that process transactions. From the informal MeetUps held during the initial days of Bitcoin to the extravaganzas at the height of the crypto bubble, gatherings have been a key for wooing ...

Bloomberg Embraer SA’s top salesman expressed his concerns about European Union (EU) regulators for holding up an agreement to sell the company’s commercial plane business to Boeing Co. “I am better at supporting my team in designing and building and selling new aircraft than I am at the tedious environment or the structured environment of going through antitrust approval,” John ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE is in talks to buy out Bombardier Inc’s stake in the A220 jetliner program, according to people familiar with the matter. The negotiations between the companies are at an advanced stage, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The deal could be announced as early as this week, with both ...

Bloomberg NASA is reviewing Boeing Co’s software engineering, and it doesn’t like what it sees. Lurking behind 1 million lines of code for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lies a deficient development process that led to two software flaws during a failed test flight, the US space agency said. The “critical software defects” — either of which could have caused the ...

Bloomberg Britain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco Plc is inviting Thai tycoons to the second round of bidding for its operations in Thailand and Malaysia that could fetch more than $7 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont’s Charoen Pokphand Group and Central Group, controlled by the Chirathivat family, were picked to proceed with deadline ...

Bloomberg Wind filled the highest ever portion of Britain’s electricity needs as Storm Ciara moved across the country, disrupting power supplies, interrupting transport and forcing soccer matches to be postponed. High winds also helped shorten the flying time from North America to Europe. British Airways flight 112 became the fastest ever subsonic passenger flight from New York to London, at ...

Bloomberg Tapestry Inc rose after posting strong sales at its Coach brand while the struggling Kate Spade unit’s results weren’t as bad as expected. Still, the company said its full-year forecast will be negatively impacted by the coronavirus. Coach same-store sales grew 2% worldwide in the second quarter, topping the 1% average of analysts’ estimates, according to Consensus Metrix. Kate ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF), on Sunday reported its full year financial results for the year ended 31st December 2019, announcing a net profit of AED552.2 million. The bank also announced in a press statement a total comprehensive income of AED611.5 million, up 4.5 percent compared to AED585.4 million in 2018, as a result of improved ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s main stock index dropped for a third day, finishing below a mark it has held since December, as the coronavirus reduces demand for oil. The Tadawul index fell 1.3%, the most among major gauges in the Middle East and below its 100-day moving average for the first time this year. State oil producer Saudi Aramco retreated as ...