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EU resumes Air Canada/Transat merger review, sets December 11 deadline
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have resumed their investigation into Air Canada's proposed acquisition of rival Canadian carrier Air Transat and set a deadline of December 11 for a decis...
Sep 01, 2020
Virgin Atlantic, eyeing approval of rescue deal, restarts more routes
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic will resume flying to Delhi, Tel Aviv, Atlanta, Mumbai and Lagos from London in September as travel restrictions ease, the airline said on Tuesday, as it eyes the co...
Sep 01, 2020
Brazil’s Gol pays $300 million loan guaranteed by Delta: filing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes said on Tuesday it paid a $300 million debt guaranteed by U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines , according to a securities filing. Gol ad...
Sep 01, 2020
UK plans media campaign to get workers back into workplaces
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will later this week launch a media campaign to encourage employees to return to their workplaces, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks to limit the damage to the economy f...
Sep 01, 2020
Brazil’s economy shrinks record 9.7% in the second quarter: IBGE
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy contracted by 9.7% in the second quarter of the year, the government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, as the shuttering of businesses and activity followin...
Sep 01, 2020
China-backed development bank AIIB appoints veteran European as first chief economist
LONDON (Reuters) - The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) appointed veteran Swedish economist Erik Berglof as its first chief economist on Tuesday. Berglof joins the Beijing-head...
Sep 01, 2020
Uber extends mask selfie verification feature to riders
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday said it will roll out a global selfie feature to verify its ride-hail customers wear a mask, modeled after a similar feature introduced for ...
Sep 01, 2020
GM, Ventec Life Systems deliver 30,000 ventilators to U.S. government
(Reuters) - General Motors Co and medical equipment maker Ventec Life Systems have delivered 30,000 ventilators to the U.S. government during the COVID-19 pandemic, the automaker said on Tuesday. The ...
Sep 01, 2020
Data firm InfoSum raises $15 million, adds former AT&T leader as executive chairman
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Data platform company InfoSum announced on Tuesday it has raised $15.1 million in its Series A funding round, and that Brian Lesser, former chief executive of AT&T Inc's adv...
Sep 01, 2020
Swedish banks should suspend dividends throughout 2020, FSA says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish banks should continue to suspend dividend payments through 2020 to safeguard their resilience, despite some positive signs regarding the impact of the pandemic, the Swedi...
Sep 01, 2020
