Investments

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 15:02 UTC

  Italy and France clash on control of Europe's cruise shipbuilding industry

  

  France said it was ready to seek other buyers for its biggest shipyard should Italy refuse a 50-50 ownership split, before both countries pledged to find a solution next month. French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, told the Corriere della Sera daily that a deal with Fincantieri might not be thrashed out.

• Monday, August 7th 2017 - 07:13 UTC

  UK top ex diplomat says cabinet divided on Brexit and government has still to put forward a clear position

  

  The UK's Brexit negotiations have not begun well amid “differences” inside the cabinet, a former head of the diplomatic service has said. Sir Simon Fraser, chief mandarin at the Foreign Office until 2015, said the UK side had been “a bit absent” from formal negotiations in Brussels.

• Monday, August 7th 2017 - 06:20 UTC

  Banks leaving The City is serious, but “we should be concerned with investors leaving UK”

  

  Investors pulling money out of The City pose a greater risk to London’s financial dominance than banks exiting the UK because of Brexit, according to Square Mile official, Sherry Madera, the City of London Corporation’s special adviser for Asia.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 21:34 UTC

  Private investors decide to return Brazilian airport concession: business half of what was projected

  

  Shareholders of a company set up to run Brazil's Viracopos airport have decided to return the concession to the government to seek other bidders in a new auction, they said, citing unexpectedly low passenger traffic.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2017 - 07:33 UTC

  Hammond begins round of trade and political talks in Argentina

  

  The Chancellor of the Exchequer begins on Wednesday a round of trade, investment and political contacts in Argentina, following a two day visit to Brazil, as part of a tour of South America's biggest economy. It will be the most important visit of a British cabinet minister in over sixteen years to Argentina.

• Friday, July 28th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

  Air France-KLM buys 31% of Virgin Airlines; Delta retains 49%

  

  Air France-KLM is buying almost a third of Virgin Atlantic, leaving Sir Richard Branson's parent company, Virgin Group, with a minority stake in the airline he founded. Air France-KLM is taking a 31% stake, worth £220m, in Virgin Atlantic as part of a four-way joint-venture with US partner Delta.

• Friday, July 28th 2017 - 06:17 UTC

  Falklands' winds and flight delays could reduce attractiveness of additional services

  

  Too many documented delays to flights might reduce the attractiveness of the Falklands in terms of an airline considering providing an additional service to the Islands, acknowledged Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gavin Short this week.

• Friday, July 28th 2017 - 06:00 UTC

  Exxon puts Guyana on the world oil map with another major discovery

  

  Exxon Mobil said that it has discovered additional oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana, increasing the total discovery to approximately 500 million barrels oil equivalent. The result increases the estimated recoverable resources in Guyana’s Stabroek Block formation to about 2.25 to 2.75 billion barrels. By way of comparison, the much-heralded Thunder Horse find in the Gulf of Mexico has reserves of about one billion barrels.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 06:53 UTC

  2018 promises to be an exciting year for new cruise ships

  

  With cruise lines having a record number of cruise ships on order, the cruise industry is growing like never before. 2018 promises to be an exciting year for new ships coming out, and here are the best new cruise ships arriving next year.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 03:40 UTC

  Repsol caught in the middle of the Hanoi/Beijing South China Sea powder keg

  

  Vietnam has ordered a Spanish private company conducting a gas-drilling expedition in a disputed area of the South China Sea to cease operations following military threats from China, according to reports.