U.S. Cuba tour operators gird for Trump travel crackdown
HAVANA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. tour operators that send Americans to Cuba are banding together to try to limit damage to business from tighter restrictions on travel to the communist-run island expected in September from the Trump administration.
Spain looks at selling more of Bankia, economy minister says
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain will explore the possibility of selling a further stake in state-owned Bankia later this year, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC on Sunday.
Female stars call on BBC to ‘act now’ to close gender pay gap
LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the most high-profile female presenters at the BBC called on the head of Britain’s public broadcaster on Sunday to “act now” to address a gender pay gap that sees it pay its top male star five times more than its best-paid fe…
Blackstone in talks to buy 40 percent of Israel cyber firm NSO: report
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Blackstone Group is in advanced talks to pay $400 million for 40 percent of privately held Israeli firm NSO Group, a maker of spyware for mobile devices, Israel’s Calcalist business newspaper reported on Sunday.
Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber’s new airport service
MADRID (Reuters) – Authorities in Madrid asked Spain’s anti-trust watchdog on Saturday to investigate whether Uber’s new low-cost airport transfer service constitutes unfair competition.
World Bank orders Argentina to pay $320 million over seized airline: newspaper
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The World Bank’s arbitration tribunal has ordered Argentina to pay $320 million plus interest and legal fees to Spanish travel group Marsans for expropriating its airline Aerolineas Argentinas SA in 2008, a local newspaper rep…
India’s Delhi government tells Philip Morris to remove all ads
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The state government in India’s capital told Philip Morris International Inc and other tobacco companies on Saturday to remove all advertisements from tobacco shops in the city, warning them of legal action if they do not comply.
Opel defends inclusion of employee leases in sales data
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German carmaker Opel, which is being bought by French rival PSA Group from General Motors , said on Saturday that its sales figures included cars pre-registered by Opel and leased by company workers and pensioners and their fami…
Seat chief says sees CNG cars as possible diesel alternative: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Carmaker Seat sees compressed-natural-gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel to diesel, the chief executive of the Spanish Volkswagen division said on Saturday.
EU’s car regulator warns against car diesel ban in cities
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Banning diesel cars in European cities could hamper automakers’ ability to invest in zero-emission vehicles, the European Union’s commissioner for industry has warned the bloc’s transport ministers.
