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Bloomberg Already reeling from a $4.5 billion bill to save its ailing No. 1 lender, Ukraine is now bracing for an even costlier rescue, and says audits by PwC’s local office were instrumental in the bank’s failure. The government may have to stump up 38.5 billion hryvnia ($1.5 billion) more to recapitalize Privatbank after last year’s state takeover, according to ...

Bloomberg Barclays Africa Group Ltd., the South African bank formerly known as Absa, will go to the country’s high court to challenge a decision that it should pay the government 1.125 billion rand ($86 million) over the apartheid-era acquisition of Bankorp Ltd. “This is due to numerous misrepresentations and factual inaccuracies which form the basis of the Public Protector’s findings, ...

Bloomberg Nonperforming loans at Thailand’s banks are set to peak towards the end of 2017, according to Fitch Ratings, an outlook that may salve investor sentiment in one of Asia’s worst-performing stock markets this year. Thai economic growth is subdued but relatively stable at about 3 percent, signaling a slower expansion in bad loans in the months ahead and an ...

Bloomberg People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, who has likened monetary-policy communication to chess, is telling markets more about his moves as he makes them. That doesn’t mean he’s ready to give the game away. The PBOC’s regular cash injections are now coming complete with comments about their intent, helping to soothe markets just before the cash crunch ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. dominated the deal flow at the Paris Air Show, overwhelming rival Airbus SE on the back of Asian demand for the new Max 10, the biggest version of its 737 workhorse. The US planemaker secured orders and expressions of interest (EOI) for more than 500 jets worth as much as $66 billion, compared with Airbus’s tally of ...

PARIS / Reuters Emirates, the Middle East’s largest airline, is seeing a return in demand on routes to the United States that it had started to retreat from in May, President Tim Clark said on Wednesday. Emirates announced in April it would cut flights on five US routes from May, blaming travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration for ...

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc won an order from SpiceJet Ltd for as many as 50 turboprop planes worth $1.7 billion as the Indian budget carrier expands its fleet to meet demand for regional air travel. The deal is for 25 Q400 planes, with purchase rights for 25 more, Bombardier said. The deal comes a day after SpiceJet signed an agreement to ...

Emirates Business Huawei Consumer Business Group has announced plans to open its first ‘Experience Store’ in the UAE fully equipped and dedicated to offer customers a complete hands-on product experience. The store will be strategically located at The Dubai Mall and is slated to cement Huawei’s position as one of the leaders in the smartphone market. In line with Huawei’s ...

Bloomberg British Airways owner IAG SA said a power outage that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights last month probably cost it about 80 million pounds ($102 million) in lost revenue and the expense of accommodating, re-booking and compensating thousands of passengers. The figure is based on an initial assessment and London-based IAG will update the market on ...

Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is seeking ways to upgrade its engines for Airbus SE’s A380 as the planemaker attempts to win orders for the slow-selling superjumbo jet, the company’s biggest. “We are contemplating what we can do over and above with Airbus,” Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce’s head of civil aviation, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “As soon as we mature ...