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Mosel river in Germany near shipping after lock accident
The river Mosel in western Germany, an important path for grains and rapeseed deliveries, has been closed to inland waterways shipping after a mishap that damaged a lock, navigation authorities said. A lock at Mueden south of Koblenz has been harmed after a. vessel crash and repair work are most likely to last up until spring. 2025, possibly around late March, the WSA agency stated. The river. will be closed to cargo shipping throughout this period. Traders approximated that about 70 ships are obstructed since of. the damage, potentially triggering delivery disruption. The Mosel is a crucial path for grain and rapeseed. deliveries including to and from the French port of Metz, they. stated. It is likewise a crucial path for materials to the steel. industry. Some traders are looking for to move loads to roadway and rail. transport however I fear some shipment disruption, one grain trader. said.
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UK's FTSE 100 has worst day in 4 weeks; Ashtead drops
Britain's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday as mining shares slipped, while Ashtead dropped after it alerted of lower than anticipated annual earnings and proposed to move its main listing to New York from London. The blue-chip FTSE 100 fell 0.9%, its worst day because Nov. 12, while the midcap FTSE 250 was down 0.4%. in its worst session for two weeks. Shares of miners Glencore, Antofagasta and. Anglo American fell between 1.1% and 3.5% as copper. rates slipped, under pressure from a downturn in China's export. growth and a stronger dollar. Metal prices had rallied in the previous session on China's. prepared relocation towards a moderately loose monetary policy for. the first time since 2010. Ashtead dropped 14% to the bottom of the FTSE 100. The devices rental company stated it was proposing to move its. primary listing to New york city from London and also cautioned of lower. than expected annual profit due to a weak commercial. building and construction market in the United States. Ashtead signs up with a growing list of companies moving away from. European listings in favour of U.S. markets, where valuations. are normally greater. Rare-earth element miners fell 1.7%, while. aerospace and defence stocks saw the greatest. sector fall, down 2.1%. Separately, NCC Group dropped 15.3% to the bottom. of the mid-cap index after the cyber security firm swung to an. annual operating loss. FirstGroup was an intense area, rising 6.5%, after the. public transport operator accepted acquire RATP London. Investors waited for essential U.S. inflation data on Wednesday that. could seal bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut on Dec. 18. In the UK, the spotlight is on Friday's gross domestic. item estimate for October, which could affect the Bank of. England's rate of interest trajectory. Traders anticipate the BoE to. hold rates in its policy choice next week. British stocks saw their first regular monthly inflow in 5 years. in November, possibly marking a turning point, as low-cost. evaluations, political stability and Britain's relative resistance. to escalating trade stress draw in financiers. Independently, British buyers faced increased pressure on. their budgets in November after grocery rate inflation edged. greater for the third month in a row, industry information showed. Recruitment platform Certainly said job vacancies have dried up. much faster in the United Kingdom than in comparable nations over the. past year, indicating a loss of momentum in the economy in the. second half of 2024.
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French power supply is disrupted by striking workers
Data from EDF showed that on Tuesday, striking workers at the Paluel Nuclear Power Plant in northern France caused a disruption of about 1.5 gigawatts of electricity from the site. A spokesperson for the CGT, a hardline union, said that the disruption occurred on the last day of salary negotiation. The Paluel 2 & 4 reactors are affected by the nuclear supply interruptions. The Paluel 3 is offline due to planned maintenance, while the Paluel 1 is running normally. EDF's spokesperson said that the strike was limited to local actions. EDF data shows that the interruption to hydropower production of about 1 GW has also ended. Data from grid operator RTE revealed that the combined 2.5 GW of hydropower and nuclear disruptions was equal to about 4% France's total electricity production as of 1045 GMT. RTE data indicated that France would remain a net exporter of power throughout the day. The European spot electricity prices on Wednesday had already reached a multi-month high earlier, as the wind power production in Germany's neighbour is expected to fall to less than one third of its level from Tuesday. Colder temperatures will also likely drive up demand. Forrest Crellin is the reporter. (Editing by Louise Heavens, Mark Potter and Mark Potter.)
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Boeing jet deliveries fall to 13 in November after strike ends
Dec 10 - Boeing delivered 13 industrial jets in November, less than a quarter of the 56 jetliners it handed over to customers 12 months previously, the U.S. planemaker reported on Tuesday. Shipments were below 14 in October, when most of the business's airplane production was still closed down throughout a. seven-week-long strike that ended Nov. 5. Boeing restarted production of its best-selling 737 MAX last. week, which was first reported . The U.S. planemaker is attempting to increase 737 production to. a rate of 38 a month to produce much-needed earnings after it. burned billions of dollars in money during the first 3. quarters. However, it has actually been under heightened oversight by. the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration since a door plug blew. out of an almost new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 during a. January flight. The company plans to resume production of its 767, 777 and. 777X in Everett in the days ahead, Boeing said in a statement. Boeing 787 production in South Carolina was not impacted by the. strike. Boeing has said that it is taking a cautious technique to. rebooting production and has prioritized quality, security and. worker training. That technique is reflected in the month's lower. delivery numbers, the company stated. November's deliveries consisted of 9 737s, two 777 trucks. and 2 787-9s, according to the company. U.S. provider United. Airlines took shipment of three airplane, consisting of 2. 737 MAXes and one 787. By contrast, after Boeing's last strike ended in November. 2008, it delivered four airplane that month. The company scheduled 49 gross orders during the month with 14. cancellations, including 34 737s and 15 767s for the U.S. Air. Force's KC-46 program. Germany-based TUI canceled orders for 14 and will rather. rent the aircrafts from BOC Air travel, leading to a net addition. of 20 brand-new 737 MAX orders. Year to date, Boeing has actually scheduled 427 gross orders and 370 web. orders after cancellations and conversions. After also adjusting. for accounting standards, Boeing scheduled 191 net orders. Boeing's European rival Airplane provided more than. 80 jets in November, Reuters reported previously this month.
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Oracle moves as income target miss spotlights tough cloud competitors
Oracle's shares toppled more than 9% on Tuesday after its quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations, signifying investor issues over fierce competition in the cloud organization amidst thriving need from AI company. At $172.78, the business was on track to lose almost $50. billion in market capitalization if losses hold. Oracle's shares have actually soared more than 80% this year through. Monday, as financiers cheered its financial investments to enhance its cloud. infrastructure to accommodate the growing demand for synthetic. intelligence and to bridge the space with market leaders. With the fast backlog construct appearing to level out,. financier focus most likely shifts towards the earnings declaration and. Oracle's capability to convert this need into speeding up. revenues and durable double-digit EPS development, Morgan Stanley. experts stated in a note. Oracle reported $14.06 billion in second-quarter profits, a. 9% increase from a year previously, but listed below experts' average. price quote of $14.11 billion, based on data assembled by LSEG. Financiers have been banking on AI-related firms as they. expect the innovation to be a strong future growth motorist. Oracle cloud infrastructure revenue remains increased as. demand for AI calculate grows on the platform, stated D.A. Davidson. in a note. A minimum of 21 brokerages raised their cost targets on the. stock, with two of them raising their expectations to $220. We likewise still think that the multi-cloud arrangements. formerly announced (like the ones with Azure and Google Cloud). assistance increase the margins of the tradition organization, which assists. offset the mix to OCI (though OCI margins are enhancing), stated. experts at Melius Research study, referring to the cloud service. Oracle's 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio is 28.08,. compared to Microsoft's 31.86 and Amazon's 36.66.
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Alaska Air raises Q4 revenue projection on strong travel demand, enhanced costs
Alaska Air raised its fourthquarter revenue projection on Tuesday, owing to robust travel need and enhanced rates, sending the provider's shares rising 13% in early trading. Excess supply of seats at the start of this year's. summertime travel season required airlines to offer discount rates to fill. their aircrafts, injuring their margins. Since then, U.S. airline companies. have decreased their capability and managed to reinforce rates. power. The Seattle, Washington-based provider anticipates its revenue per. share for the fourth quarter to be in between 40 cents and 50. cents, compared to the range of 20 cents to 40 cents forecast. previously. Alaska Air, which is hosting its 2024 investor day on. Tuesday, also forecast its 2025 profit above experts' estimate. Besides, the company expects to gain from its just recently. finished acquisition of competing Hawaiian Airline companies. The mix with Hawaiian offers us the scale to be. stronger than either of us might have been on our own-- offering. guests what they want, where and when they want it, Alaska. Chief Financial Officer Shane Tackett said. To expand its worldwide existence, Alaska announced new non-stop. services to Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea utilizing Hawaiian's. widebody aircraft. Alaska Air expects its revenue for 2025 to be at least $5.75. per share, compared with experts' average expectation of $5.50. per share, according to data compiled by LSEG.
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Airlines suspend flights as Middle East stress increase
Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airline companies to suspend flights to the region or to prevent afflicted air space. Below are a few of the airline companies that have cancelled services to and from the area: AEGEAN AIRLINES The Greek airline company has cancelled flights to and from Beirut until March 29 and to and from Tel Aviv till Dec. 9. From Dec. 10, some flights to and from Tel Aviv will operate as typical. AIR ALGERIE The Algerian airline company has suspended flights to and from Lebanon until more notification. AIRBALTIC Latvia's airBaltic has actually cancelled flights to and from Tel . Aviv till Jan. 28. AIR FRANCE-KLM Air France has actually extended its suspension of Paris-Tel Aviv. flights till Dec. 31 and Paris-Beirut flights up until Jan. 5. KLM has actually extended the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv till. the end of the year at least. The group's low-cost unit Transavia has cancelled flights to. and from Tel Aviv, Amman and Beirut till end-March. AIR INDIA The Indian flag carrier has suspended flights to and from. Tel Aviv up until more notice. BULGARIA AIR The Bulgarian carrier has cancelled flights to and from. Israel up until Dec. 23. CATHAY PACIFIC Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has actually cancelled flights to Tel . Aviv till Oct. 25, 2025. CORENDON AIRLINES The Turkish airline company cancelled flights to and from Tel Aviv. till January. DELTA AIR LINES The U.S. provider has paused flights between New york city and Tel . Aviv through March 2025. EASYJET EasyJet will not rush to resume flights to Tel Aviv. after a ceasefire in between Israel and Hezbollah entered into effect,. its inbound CEO said on Nov. 27. The UK budget plan airline company had. formerly suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv up until March. EGYPTAIR The Egyptian provider in September stated it had suspended. flights to Beirut until the circumstance stabilises. EMIRATES UAE's state-owned airline has cancelled flights to Beirut. till Dec. 31 and to Baghdad until Dec. 14. ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES The Ethiopian provider has suspended flights to Beirut until. even more notice, it stated in a Facebook post on Oct. 4. FLYDUBAI Flights to Beirut are presently suspended, a flydubai. spokesperson said on Nov. 28. IAG IAG-owned British Airways has actually suspended flights to Tel Aviv. until the end of March 2025. IAG's Spanish affordable airline Vueling has actually cancelled. operations to Tel Aviv and to Amman until at least early 2025. IRAN AIR The Iranian airline has actually cancelled Beirut flights up until. even more see. IRAQI AIRWAYS The Iraqi nationwide carrier has actually suspended flights to Beirut. up until more notification. ITA AIRWAYS The Italian provider has actually extended the suspension of Tel Aviv. flights through Jan. 31. LOT The Polish provider has actually cancelled flights to Tel Aviv up until. Dec. 20. Its very first scheduled flight to Beirut is prepared for. April 1. LUFTHANSA GROUP The German airline group has actually extended the suspension of its. flights to Tel Aviv until Jan. 31. Flights for Tehran are cancelled till Jan. 31 and for. Beirut till Feb. 28. SunExpress, a joint endeavor in between Lufthansa and Turkish. Airline companies, has actually suspended flights to Beirut through. Dec. 17. PEGASUS The Turkish airline has actually cancelled flights to Beirut till. Jan. 1. QATAR AIRWAYS The Qatari airline company resumed flights to and from Lebanon from. Dec. 9. RYANAIR Europe's biggest budget plan airline does not plan on resuming. operations to Israel until March 31 at the earliest, while a. choice to resume operations to and from Jordan from December. is under discussion, a Ryanair spokesperson said on Nov. 27. SUNDAIR The German airline company has cancelled flights between Beirut and. Bremen until March 26 and in between Beirut and Muenster/Osnabrueck. till March 29. TAROM Romania's flag provider has suspended Beirut flights until. Dec. 20. UNITED AIRLINES The Chicago-based airline company has actually suspended flights to Tel Aviv. for the foreseeable future. VIRGIN ATLANTIC The UK carrier has actually suspended Tel Aviv flights up until. end-March. WIZZ AIR The Hungary-based airline has suspended Tel Aviv flights. through Jan. 14.
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Ukraine's State Railway raises freight rates by 37%
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine's national railroad) announced on Tuesday that it will raise freight rates by 37% in order to cover significant increases in fuel, electricity, and equipment repair costs as it attempts to deal with the effects from Russian attacks. Rail transports half of all Ukrainian products and is vital for the export of grain and metalurgical products. Steel and farmers had opposed the price increases. The company stated that "Indexation" would allow for the repair of infrastructure and stock in danger of collapse at the lowest possible level. It did not specify when the new tariffs were to be implemented. Earlier this summer, the agrarian group UCAB warned that an increase in freight rates would harm struggling farmers as well as damage production and export volume. The UGA, the traders' union, said that it would only worsen the situation of farmers who are already struggling with falling food prices globally. The key export and grain harvest of Ukraine is likely to decline in 2024 due to the reduced sowing area caused by Russia's continued assault on Ukraine, and bad weather. (Reporting and editing by Kevin Liffey; Pavel Polityuk)
German car provider looks for US nod to deploy self-governing buses on US roads
A subsidiary of a German vehicle provider has asked U.S. car safety regulators for approval to deploy up to 2,500 self-governing electrical buses each year that are operated without steering wheels and other human controls, a. U.S. company said Thursday.
HOLON, a system of German vehicle provider Benteler Group,. asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for an. exemption from federal auto security standards for its automated. electrical bus that does not have pedals, manual turn signals or. mirrors needed by a human motorist.
NHTSA stated it will accept public discuss the petition. till early January.
The petition, which will not see last action before. President Donald Trump takes workplace, might clarify how the. brand-new administration methods self-driving vehicles. NHTSA has. taken a cautious technique recently.
HOLON said the car's autonomous driving system was. collaboratively established by HOLON and Mobileye.
In July, General Motors' Cruise self-driving system. stated it would desert plans to deploy its self-driving Origin. car that would not have a steering wheel. Ford last. year abandoned a comparable petition.
In 2022, GM submitted a petition with NHTSA seeking consent. to release as much as 2,500 self-driving Origin cars every year. without human controls such as brake pedals or mirrors. NHTSA. never acted upon the request and GM cited regulatory dangers for its. choice to desert the Origin.
GM will rather utilize a standard next-generation Bolt EV. as the platform for its Cruise robotaxi, a relocation that will not. need authorization of NHTSA.
HOLON stated in September it plans to put together 5,000 vehicles. each year at a 500,000-square-foot center in Jacksonville,. Florida, expected to be completed in 2026.
In February 2020, NHTSA gave a first of its kind approval. after three years of talks to U.S. robotics company Nuro to. deploy approximately 5,000 low-speed electric shipment automobiles without. human controls.
(source: Reuters)