PARIS, FRANCE: Total S.A strengthens its positions in generation and supply of electricity and gas in Spain through the acquisition of the Energías de Portugal’s portfolio of 2.5 million B2C customers and two gas-fired combined cycle power plants, which represent an electricity generation capacity of nearly 850 megawatts. This transaction in Spain follows Total’s entry…
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JCPenney enters financial restructuring agreement with lenders
PLANO, TEXAS: J.C. Penney Company, one of the nation’s largest apparel and home retailers, has entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with lenders holding approximately 70% of JCPenney’s first lien debt to reduce the Company’s outstanding indebtedness and strengthen its financial position. The RSA contemplates agreed-upon terms for a pre-arranged financial restructuring plan that…
Air passenger traffic down 98.3% driven by travel restrictions worldwide
LUXEMBOURG: Corporación América Airports, the largest private sector airport operator in the world by number of airports, has reported a 98.3% decline year-over-year passenger traffic in April 2020. Total passenger traffic in April 2020 dropped 98.3% YoY, primarily reflecting continued travel restrictions imposed by governments, aiming to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. International…
CoStar Group agrees to acquire Ten-X Commercial for $190 million
WASHINGTON: CoStar Group Inc., the leading provider of commercial real estate information, announced plans to acquire Ten-X for $190 million in cash. Ten-X was launched in 2009 with the goal of providing a digital transaction platform for effectively liquidating the large volume of distressed commercial real estate assets that came on the market during the…
AWS announces major enhancements to Amazon Macie
SEATTLE: Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced a series of major enhancements to Amazon Macie, delivering important new features, greater availability worldwide, and substantially reduced pricing. The new features include updated machine learning models for more accurate detection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), support for customer-defined data types, and native multi-account management…
X5 becomes first Russian retailer to join UN Global Compact
MOSCOW: X5 Retail Group, a Russian food retailer, announced its accession to the UN Global Compact (UN GC), which is an international business initiative in the field of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. By joining the UN GC, X5 confirms its commitment to the principles of human rights, fair labour relations, environmental protection and…
Masroor Mahmud appointed GE’s CEO for Pakistan
LONDON: GE has announced the appointment of Masroor Mahmud as its CEO for Pakistan. He is mandated with driving the company’s growth in the country and aligning business strategy across all GE sectors with the government’s vision for development. In addition, Masroor will focus on enhancing talent development, ensuring risk management, and building a strong…
Covid lockdown dampens business optimism in Pakistan: D&B Reports
KARACHI: The findings of the Dun & Bradstreet’s Business Optimism Index (BOI) for the first quarter of 2020 released on Monday shows that enforcement of the Covid-19 lockdown in the third week of March had only intensified the deterioration in the business sentiments and sped up the shift from optimism to pessimism. Before the implementation…
Bahrain Telecom repays its $650 million bond due on 1st May 2020 and $450 million term loan
MANAMA, BAHRAIN: Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has repaid in full US$ 473 million of the outstanding senior unsecured bond issued by a subsidiary company and due on 1st May 2020. The US$ 650 million bond was issued in 2013, with US$ 177 million subsequently repurchased and redeemed. The US$ 473 million repayment was mainly funded…
Nabil Habayeb named Senior VP of GE and President & CEO of Global Growth Organization
DUBAI: Nabil Habayeb, GE’s President and CEO for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, has been named Senior Vice President, GE, and President & CEO, Global Growth Organization (GGO) effective June 1, 2020. Habayeb succeeds Rachel Duan, Senior Vice President, GE, and President & CEO, GGO, who has decided to leave GE and embark…
Microsoft shares guidelines on cybersecurity and data protection during COVID19 lockdowns
NEW YORK: To keep devices safe from cyber attacks during COVID19 lockdowns, Microsoft has shared some useful guidelines on cybersecurity and data protection. “Our world has changed dramatically over the last couple of months and in an effort to keep the wheels turning, companies across the world are switching to remote work and Microsoft is…
PIA chooses Amadeus as its long-term distribution partner to drive future growth
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reached a landmark agreement in distribution with Amadeus, the leading travel technology company, giving PIA full access to Amadeus’ global travel seller network. Through this new agreement, Amadeus-connected agencies will now be able to book PIA’s full suite of domestic and international inventory through the Amadeus Travel Platform. “We’ve…