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British Service - Sept 19
The following are the top stories on business pages of British papers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times - Legal & & General has actually consented to sell Cala Residences to American private equity firm Sixth Street Partners and London-based buyout house Patron Capital for 1.16 billion pounds ($ 1.53 billion) in money. - Nick Read will step down as chief executive of the Post Workplace next year after a five-year stint. The Guardian - Veteran seller Stuart Rose will organize running Asda as the struggling supermarket's co-owner Mohsin Issa steps back from executive responsibilities in the middle of falling sales, the company stated on Wednesday. - Hostmore stated it prepares to appoint administrators, putting the future of its 87 outlets and 4,500 staff members in doubt. The Telegraph - Aslef, the British train motorists' union, said 96% of its members had actually voted in favour of an offer it stated was worth 15% over 3 years. Sky News - Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), which manages 169 billion pounds in possessions, is calling on the UK's regulated water business to address the threats of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). by dealing with wastewater better. The Independent - The X social networks accounts of a number of British political leaders. and organisations worldwide were hacked on Wednesday.
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NZ regulator to sue Jetstar over deceptive compensation claims
New Zealand's competition watchdog will take Qantas' lowcost arm Jetstar to court alleging the airline company deceived consumers about their rights to payment over postponed and cancelled flights, the regulator stated. Jetstar likely discouraged consumers from seeking compensation, and possibly denied claims for flights which were delayed or cancelled for reasons within the carrier's control, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) stated on Wednesday. The regulator believes the airline made deceptive statements to customers about their rights under air travel law in 2022 and 2023, and will file charges at the Auckland District Court shortly, NZCC included. Jetstar said it has fully complied with the NZCC as they conducted their investigation. Late in 2015, we began reviewing past claims and reaching out to impacted customers to ensure they are correctly compensated, and we are continuing to work through this as a. top priority, the low-priced airline stated. Qantas did not instantly react to requests for comment.
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China aircraft lessor orders 50 737 MAX jets, in boost to Boeing
China Advancement Bank Financial Leasing said its aircraft renting system would purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, in an increase to the planemaker that has been grappling with a slowdown in Chinese orders and a. strike by factory workers. Publicly disclosed Boeing aircraft purchases by Chinese. consumers had slowed significantly because Sino-U.S. trade. relations weakened in 2018 and the maker handled a. lengthy return to service for limit in China after two fatal. crashes. The order for 50 MAX jets is the biggest by a Chinese. customer considering that China Southern Airlines ordered the. same variety of MAX airplanes in 2015, according to data from. Boeing's website. Boeing decreased to comment. The planemaker's shipments to China had actually been slowly. recovering in recent months after a lengthy hiatus. CDB Aviation Lease will take delivery of the planes in between. 2028 and 2031, its moms and dad said in a declaration, adding it would. enhance the proportion of next-generation airplane in its fleet. The offer comes less than a week after more than 30,000. Boeing factory workers went on strike looking for greater pay, which. has resulted a halt to production of the planemaker's. very popular aircraft, the MAX, to name a few aircrafts. Boeing said on Wednesday that 10s of countless employees. will be placed on temporary suspension due to the strike. Limit order is the 2nd major airplane offer announced by. China Development Bank Financial Leasing in the recently. The. company last week said it would purchase 80 Airbus A320neo. aircrafts, with shipments expected to begin in 2030.
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Kentucky cops discover body thought to be that of guy who shot 5 individuals on highway
Cops on Wednesday stated they had found a body believed to be that of a fugitive thought of shooting and injuring five individuals in automobiles taking a trip along a. Kentucky highway on Sept. 7, an outburst that resulted in a manhunt. through rugged, woody surface. Joseph Couch, 32, a former U.S. Army reservist, fired on. unsuspecting drivers with an AR-style semiautomatic rifle that. he bought lawfully on the morning of the shooting together with. 1,000 rounds of ammunition, officials said. Detectives have. not publicly hypothesized as to the shooter's intention. Kentucky state cannon fodders accompanied by a couple that had. been searching for Couch stumbled upon an unidentified body,. Kentucky State Police? Commissioner Phillip Burnett informed. press reporters. There were short articles connected with the body that at this. time we feel is Joseph Sofa, Burnett said, adding the body. would be sent to the state capital of Frankfort for. recognition. Before the shooting spree, authorities received a call from. Sofa's ex-wife who said he texted her that I'm going to kill a. lot of people ... Well try at least, the Lexington. Herald-Leader reported, citing an affidavit for an arrest. warrant it had actually reviewed. The female later showed officers a follow-up text message. saying, I'll eliminate myself afterwards, the affidavit stated. Kentucky State Authorities used a $5,000 benefit for. information resulting in his capture and said a personal donor. used an additional $10,000. Multiple state, federal and regional police. had actually been browsing the Daniel Boone National park utilizing. helicopters, drones, canines and special reaction groups, Cannon fodder. Scottie Pennington of the Kentucky State Authorities informed press reporters. two days after the shooting. The shooting occurred on Interstate 75 about 8 miles (13. km) outside the city of London in southeastern Kentucky. Five people were injured, and a minimum of 12 cars were struck,. officials stated. Cops allege Couch started firing from a cliff above a. remote stretch of the interstate. Police that night recovered the AR rifle, Sofa's vehicle and a. cellular phone with the battery eliminated near the shooting site at. Exit 49, officials said.
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Colombia government suspends peace talks with ELN rebels
Colombia's federal government has aborted peace talks with leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Wednesday, following an attack which eliminated two soldiers and injured more than 2 lots. The choice is another devastating blow to President Gustavo Petro's cornerstone total peace policy, which sought to eliminate the ELN from its function in the Andean country's six-decades of internal armed dispute. Today the peace process is on hold. Its viability is significantly lessened and its extension can just go on with an unequivocal demonstration of peace by the ELN, the government peace delegation stated in a post on X. The government restarted negotiations with the ELN at completion of 2022 and held six rounds of talks with the rebel group in Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela. The attack which caused the talk with be suspended took place on Tuesday in a rural area of Colombia's Arauca province, which borders Venezuela.
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Chesapeake Energy states deal for Southwestern Energy to close early in 4Q
Chesapeake Energy's $7. billion acquisition of rival natural gas producer Southwestern. Energy is expected to close early in the 4th quarter, CEO. Nick Dell' Osso stated on Wednesday. The offer was postponed earlier this year after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission requested extra info from. the 2. Chesapeake announced the all-stock purchase in January. and initially had actually anticipated the acquisition to close by June 30. Dell' Osso stated on the sidelines of the Gastech energy. conference that the U.S. natural gas market stays. oversupplied. We are going to be pretty mindful with how we think. about changing our supply image up until we see that (oversupply). is no longer the case, he said. Chesapeake is producing about 3 billion cubic feet per. day of gas and when the Southwestern offer closes its output will. rise to about 7 bcfd, he said.
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EQT CEO sees gas costs staying below $3/mmBtu.
The CEO of U.S. gas manufacturer EQT Corp on Wednesday said U.S. costs for the fuel will stay below $3 per million British thermal units in the short term. As rates fell to multi-year lows previously this year, EQT reduced 1 billion cubic feet each day (bcfd) of its gas output. Several competing U.S. shale gas producers also cut drilling to stem over production. Toby Rice, CEO of the biggest U.S. gas manufacturer, said at the Gastech energy conference that he anticipates production curtailments to reduce by next year as need for U.S. melted natural gas exports increase. U.S. gas futures fell 4 cents on Wednesday to settle at $2.284 per million Btus. Rice, whose business has agreements with LNG developers Texas LNG and Commonwealth LNG, stated demand for natural gas to feed LNG exports and fuel power plants has never been more essential. He said the U.S. needs to allow market forces to dictate the fuel mix, slamming what he called political forces obstructing gas advancement. We need to get back to a location where one of the most budget-friendly, many dependable, cleanest energy discovers its method to the marketplace, said Rice. The political forces requires to take a. backseat.
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Shipping firm executive says port strike on US East Coast will cause supply chain problems from the start.
The French container carrier CMA CGM's North America CEO warned on Wednesday that a strike by dockworkers on Oct. 1, at ports along the U.S. East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea would disrupt the flow of cargo into the country. The International Longshoremen's Association represents 45,000 dockworkers at 36 ports, including New York/New Jersey and Savannah, Georgia. The union has promised to stop working if a new contract is not in place by the expiration of its current six-year labor agreement on September 30th at midnight. George Goldman said, "The moment you shut the door, everything starts to back up," on a webcast by the Port of Los Angeles. He said that "one day is not enough" to close a port. CMA CGM belongs to the United States Maritime Alliance, an employer group that negotiates with the ILA. Ports that could be affected are responsible for about half of U.S. imported goods. Retailers, manufacturers, and other ocean carriers are worried about cargo being stuck in idled facilities. They have moved some cargo to West Coast ports to avoid this. Sea-Intelligence analysts, a Copenhagen-based firm that provides shipping advice, estimate that it will take between four and six days to clear a strike-related backlog. Sea-Intelligence stated that a two-week strike may mean ports will not be able to return to normal operation until 2025. Experts in transportation said that goods from Europe, India, and other countries that depend on direct routes over the Atlantic Ocean will be affected most. Imports into the busiest U.S. West Coast port are also surging. This is because CMA CGM and Maersk, as well as other large container carriers have also been stocking up on Halloween costumes and holiday apparel in anticipation of any possible labor action. Manufacturers have also been stocking up on solar panel and other goods that could be subject to tariff increases. In August, the Port of Long Beach recorded its busiest month for 113 years, with a volume jump of nearly 34% compared to the previous year, and boosted by a 40% increase in imports. Los Angeles, the neighboring port, reported a volume increase of 16% in August. This was largely due to an 18% rise in imports. Gene Seroka is the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. He said that it was difficult to quantify the increase in cargo from other ports. Los Angeles, however, can still handle around 1.2 million 20 foot equivalent units per monthly, as opposed to the 960 597 TEUs processed in August. Seroka replied, "We can handle the cargo."
Eritrea suspends Ethiopian Airline companies flights, airline company states
Eritrean authorities have actually suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African country reliable Sept. 30, the airline company said on Wednesday.
Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had actually resumed in 2018 after 20 years, following a peace offer between the 2 neighbours that made Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel peace prize a year later.
Ethiopian Airlines has actually received a notification from the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority through a letter ... showing the suspension of all Ethiopian Airlines flights to Eritrea, effective September 30, 2024, the airline said in a statement published on its main Facebook page.
The particular reasons for this suspension have not been revealed to us, it stated.
Eritrea Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel did not instantly respond to a request for comment.
Hanna Atnafu, a representative for the airline, informed the flight suspension came as a surprise.
What is stunning and saddening to our airline companies was just 15 days ago, on July 8, there was a letter sent to (us) requesting, to increase our weekly flight frequency from 10 flights to 15, Hanna stated.
State-owned Ethiopian Airlines is ranked the largest in Africa by income and earnings by the worldwide industry body International Air Transport Association.
(source: Reuters)