By Yousef Saba and Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates Airline President Tim Clark said on Tuesday that new Saudi airlines and the expansion of regional competitors will not affect the Dubai-based carrier, adding that he sees resilient demand, especially for leisure travel. A number of Emirates’ competitors, such as Air India and Saudia, have…
(Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview to Bloomberg Television last week that any takeover bid for Teck Resources Ltd would have to get through a “rigorous process” to get consent from the government. Here is a snapshot of key events in the saga so far. Date Development March Glencore privately…
By Hannah McKay and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Pamela Tawse was 18 and still in her nurse’s uniform and cap when she made her way to central London after her night shift, eager to catch a glimpse of the new Queen Elizabeth on the day of her coronation. It was the huge crescendo of…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Tuesday rejected a plan by Economy Minister Robert Habeck to introduce an industrial electricity price. Such a move would be “economically unwise” and it would contradict market principles to rely on direct state aid as a means to achieve industrial transformation, he wrote in a guest…
(This May 1 story has been refiled to drop extraneous letter in the headline.) By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Donald Trump should be able to talk about the evidence in the criminal case against him over a hush payment to a porn star, especially with others free to do so, his lawyers said in a…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds’ bearish positions reached year highs in April, largely aimed at companies selling non-essential consumer products, in a bet that harsher economic times will curtail excess spending, said a Goldman Sachs note on Monday. Hedge funds trading the stocks of U.S. consumer discretionary companies offering flat-screen TVs…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For months, the U.S. crisis over the debt limit has been a political abstraction. Not anymore. The U.S. Treasury’s new June 1 estimated deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling or risk default has ratcheted up the heat on Washington’s lawmakers to avert an economic…
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Tinder owner Match Group has said it will quit Russia by June 30, citing the need to protect human rights, one of many Western firms to leave since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year. “We are committed to protecting human rights,” Match said in an annual impact report published…
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Tinder owner Match Group has said it will quit Russia by June 30, citing the need to protect human rights, one of many Western firms to leave since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year. “We are committed to protecting human rights,” Match said in an annual impact report published…
By Orhan Coskun, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi’s six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said. The third ISIS leader to die by detonating an…
