Dufry To Acquire Italy's Autogrill

Dufry To Acquire Italy’s Autogrill

(Reuters) -Dufry said on Monday it will acquire Italian airport and motorway caterer Autogrill, expanding the Swiss duty-free retailer’s growth opportunities in international markets. Italy’s Benetton family – the largest investor in Autogrill through its Edizione holding company – will transfer its entire 50.3% stake to Dufry at an exchange ratio of 0.158 new Dufry…

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U.S. Completes 10 Airline Refund Probes, Plans Enforcement Actions

U.S. Completes 10 Airline Refund Probes, Plans Enforcement Actions

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government has completed 10 airline investigations into delayed or withheld passenger refunds during the COVID-19 pandemic and will take enforcement action in coming weeks, a Transportation Department official told Reuters on Sunday. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday disclosed the passenger refund probes were complete and said…

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Analysis-NZ Central Bank's Aggressive Tightening Raise Concerns It May Go Too Far

Analysis-NZ Central Bank’s Aggressive Tightening Raise Concerns It May Go Too Far

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank is expected to deliver this week a third straight half-point rate hike in its most aggressive policy tightening in over two decades, but growing signs of a potentially sharp economic downturn may temper the hawkish dash. Slumping confidence and floundering economic data are seeing the…

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