By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Ubisoft, France’s biggest video games maker, is still open to other partners after a deal in which China’s Tencent will raise its stake in the company, its co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot said on Thursday. Guillemot’s comments, made at a closed press event whose content the company asked not…
MILAN (Reuters) – Porsche AG wants to be ready for a planned stock market listing as early as possible, an executive at the luxury sportscar unit of Volkswagen was quoted as saying on Saturday, as investors showed huge interest in the initial public offering (IPO). “We welcome a strong interest in our company and we…
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Aer Lingus cancelled almost all of its afternoon flights to and from Dublin airport on Saturday as connection problems in its reservation systems disrupted check-in and boarding processes, the airline said. The Irish carrier, owned by London-listed IAG, said “a major incident with a network provider” meant it could not access its cloud-based…
By Francesco Canepa PRAGUE (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers see a rising risk that they will have to raise their key interest rate to 2% or more to curb record-high inflation in the euro zone despite a likely recession, sources told Reuters. With inflation hitting 9.1% in August and seen above the ECB’s 2%…
LONDON (Reuters) -Aer Lingus cancelled all of its afternoon flight departures from Dublin airport on Saturday as connection problems in its reservation systems disrupted check-in and boarding processes, the company said. The Irish carrier, which is owned by London-listed IAG, said “a major incident with a network provider” meant it could not access its cloud-based…
By Jan Strupczewski and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) – The European Commission will present in the second half of October proposed changes to European Union fiscal rules that are likely to offer countries individual debt reduction paths, Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Saturday. At a news conference after EU finance ministers held talks…
LONDON (Reuters) – Aer Lingus confirmed on Saturday that connection problems in its reservation systems were impacting check-in and boarding processes at Dublin Airport. “This may cause some delay and disruption to our services over the coming hours. We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience caused in this period. We are working to resolve the…
HAIPHONG, Vietnam (Reuters) – Vietnamese carmaker VinFast on Saturday began handing its first batch of 100 all-electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to local customers, with U.S. deliveries of the vehicle due to begin as soon as December. VinFast, which began operations in 2019, is gearing up to expand in the U.S. market, where it hopes…
By Maria Ponnezhath and Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Major U.S. freight railroads said on Friday they were preparing for a possible strike and service disruption a week before a deadline in protracted labor talks. BNSF, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, and CSX said they were taking necessary steps to secure the shipments of hazardous and…
(Reuters) – Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it would gradually increase flying capacity in the coming months after the Hong Kong government on Friday lifted rules requiring passenger crew to quarantine in a hotel for three days on return to the city. The onerous crew quarantine rules had made rostering difficult and were a major…
