Category: BLOOM

Sep 20

Hungary Touts Booming Russian Business Links in Standoff With EU

Article content (Bloomberg) — Hungary hosted a Russian business forum in Budapest on Friday, showcasing booming links with Moscow that have alienated the country’s European Union and NATO allies. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency through December, says it observes sanctions against Russia that were passed over its objections, while […]
Sep 19

TD Names Chun CEO as Masrani to Retire Amid US Investigation

Article content (Bloomberg) — Toronto-Dominion Bank said Chief Executive Officer Bharat Masrani will retire in April and Raymond Chun will take the top job, as the bank grapples with investigations by the Department of Justice and financial regulators into lapses of money-laundering controls at its US branches. Chun, 55, who’s currently head of TD’s Canadian […]
Sep 17

US Retail Sales Post Surprise Gain, Helped by Online Stores

Article content (Bloomberg) — US retail sales unexpectedly rose in August, supported by online purchases that masked more mixed results at other merchants. The value of retail purchases, unadjusted for inflation, increased 0.1% after a revised 1.1% gain in July, Commerce Department data showed Tuesday. Excluding autos and gasoline stations, sales advanced for fourth month. […]
Sep 16

Canada’s New Oil Pipeline Tilts Flows to Asia, Away From US Gulf

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Canada’s newly expanded oil pipeline to the Pacific is opening new markets for the country’s crude in Asia while reducing flows off the US Gulf Coast, at least partly fulfilling the project’s promise of diversifying the industry’s customer base. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Robert Tuttle Published Sep 16, […]
Sep 15

Air Canada Reaches Pact With Pilots’ Union, Averting Strike

Article content (Bloomberg) — Air Canada reached a last-minute pact with the pilots’ union, averting a strike that would have grounded more than 1,000 daily flights worldwide.  Air Canada and the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents the company’s more than 5,000 pilots, arrived at a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract, according to […]
Sep 15

Adani, AfDB Get $1.3 Billion Concession for Kenya Power Lines

Article content (Bloomberg) — The Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. has awarded Adani Group and a unit of the African Development Bank a public-private partnership concession to construct high-voltage power lines, according to an adviser of the East African nation’s president. “The government through Ketraco has awarded PPP concessions to Adani and Africa50 to build new […]