Delta Air Lines said the emergence of the Omicron variant will cause operating losses in the first quarter of 2022, although it expects travel demand to recover to positive numbers this year.
The company reported a net loss of 408 million dollars in the last three months of 2021, after two quarters with positive results.
The appearance of the Omicron affected the entire airline industry, which expected a lucrative holiday season, but instead canceled more than 30,00 flights between December 24 and January 11 due to the contagion of its workers and winter storms. in different areas of the United States.
Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian said the Omicron strain impacted about $75 million in the fourth quarter of last year, including lost revenue from canceled flights and a contraction in the number of bookings.
The airline reported earnings of 280 million dollars in the year that just ended.
In a world where green finance is increasingly important, HR Ratings, the Mexican rating agency, will be increasingly attentive to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics with its specialized area HR Sustainable Impact (HRSI).
In fact, in Mexico, it is estimated that the market for this type of instrument represents more than 300,000 million pesos, with projected double-digit growth in future years.
In addition, placements of this type of bond in international markets have totaled 297.1 billion dollars over a period of 13 years (between 2007 and 2020).
HR Ratings already has experience in the ESG sector, since since 2018 it has been a verifier for the green bond market, approved by the Climate Bonds Initiative.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said it would increase its investment to boost production capacity by up to 47% this year over 2021 as demand continues to rise amid a global crisis. chip.
TSMC added that it has set this year’s capex budget at between $40 billion and $44 billion, a record, compared with $30 billion last year.
Due to the increase in demand for semiconductors required by various devices, largely driven by the pandemic, various industries have suffered widespread shortages of these components. As a result, major chipmakers have been investing to increase their production capacity.
TSMC, Samsung Electronics and Intel, three of the world’s largest chipmakers, accounted for almost three-fifths of the $146 billion that semiconductor companies around the world spent in 2021 to create new production capacity and develop new technologies, according to an estimate by the research firm Gartner.
I know we count here. It turns out that on Thursday the restaurant manager Alsea announced that it had priced its senior bonds for 300 million euros with an annual rate of 5.5%, issued by its subsidiary Food Service Project and maturing in 2027.
The operator of fast food establishments, cafeterias and restaurants such as Starbucks and Italiannis, informed that the resources will be used to refinance its debt through an operation that consists of the advance payment of the debt of Alsea and its subsidiaries, in addition to paying fees and other expenses.
The Euro Bonds 2027 received a rating of “B1” and “BB-” on a global scale, by Moody’s Investor Services and Fitch Ratings, respectively, and are guaranteed by Alsea and its subsidiaries. The issue had an overdemand of 2.7 times.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx