(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it continues to expect a strong adjusted profit for the full year as travelers fly more for leisure, leading to more ticket sales. The carrier also reiterated its profit forecast for the second quarter, as summer bookings were boosted by the Memorial Day weekend. The forecast comes a…
By Valerie Insinna CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun downplayed speculation that China’s maiden commercial flight of its domestically produced C919 narrowbody jet could foreshadow the end of the duopoly currently held by the U.S. planemaker and its European rival Airbus SE. On Sunday, China Eastern Airlines flew a C919 filled…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Hitachi Astemo said on Thursday an auto industry veteran will take over as top executive from Brice Koch, who handled the automotive supplier’s response to misconduct over testing and other procedures for components going back as far as the 1980s. Hitachi Astemo, which makes a wide range of car, motorcycle and…
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French spirits group Remy Cointreau beat forecasts with record annual operating profits on Thursday, and reiterated its pledge to overcome a tough start to its new financial year, particularly in the United States. Chief Executive Eric Vallat told analysts he was confident about a second-half rebound as the company…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day trip to China in which he met senior Chinese government officials including the highest-ranking vice premier. Photos and a video of Musk’s visit late Wednesday to Tesla’s Shanghai factory – the automaker’s biggest production hub – showed him holding…
By Michael Erman (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG plans to sell its 800-employee drug manufacturing plant in Vacaville, California, or it will shut the factory by 2029, according to e-mailed letters to workers seen by Reuters on Wednesday. In a statement, Roche confirmed the divestiture plan for the site, which makes monoclonal antibodies…
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras may look abroad for future growth, two sources with knowledge of the state-run firm’s plans told Reuters, after environmental regulators dashed its hopes of exploring near the Amazon River where it had aimed to make its first major domestic oil discovery in over a decade….
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation eased more than expected last month as underlying price growth also slowed, fuelling a debate about the need for further European Central Bank rate hikes beyond an increase later this month. Inflation in the 20 nations sharing the euro eased to 6.1% in May from 7.0% in…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If the Federal Reserve does skip raising interest rates this month it’s probably because it is as confused as everyone else about the health of the U.S. economy as June kicks off. Like a patient with a virus, incoming data appears…
(Corrects paragraph 7 to say Ma became chief investment officer of Sea Capital not Sea) By Kane Wu and Fanny Potkin HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Southeast Asian e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd is winding down its investment arm, two people with knowledge of the matter said, amid a cooling investment environment globally as macroeconomic and…
