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Europe's Detroit? Pandemic bursts Toulouse aerospace bubble

Barely three months ago, Serge Dumas had one problem: how to keep up with record demand for the metal fasteners and bolts his small aerospace supply firm manufactures just north of Toulouse. Now, the head of Gillis Aerospace is wondering how to keep his 45 employees busy as Europe’s aerospace capital reels from plummeting jetliner demand caused by the coronavirus crisis. Gillis Aerospace, with annual revenues of 5 million euros, is one of thousands of small to medium-sized firms hurt by the crisis as the French government and private lenders finalise a 1-billion-euro fund to help the …read more […]

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Assessing India Prime Minister Modi’s Response to Virus Outbreak

Jun.08 — Yamini Aiyar, president of think tank Centre for Policy Research, examines Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. India has been under a stringent nationwide lockdown since late March, even though some restrictions were eased beginning April 20 to allow select industries to resume operations. The government will begin a phased lifting of the curbs from June 8. Aiyar spaeks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.” …read more […]

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Venezuela's new gasoline system fails to end epic lines

Hundreds of Venezuelans queued up in miles-long lines to try to fill their cars with subsidized gasoline over the weekend, a week after President Nicolas Maduro launched a new dual-price system aimed at easing an acute fuel shortage. Maduro on May 30 announced the new system in which motorists could purchase up to 120 liters (31.7 gallons) of gasoline at a heavily subsidized price of 5,000 bolivares (2.5 U.S. cents) per liter, and 50 U.S. cents per liter thereafter. While Venezuelans with resources can now wait in shorter lines at the stations tapped to charge higher prices, those …read more […]