Acquisition of Budapest Airport may conclude within days, says PM Orban

SPACs are under attack. The Wall Street Journal today rounded up the short-selling activity surrounding special purpose acquisition vehicles, the path to going public that's in vogue these days. read more.....»»

The 3-route expansion from LaGuardia Airport will give more low-cost options to get to and from NYC, but only on certain days of the week. A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo. Thomas Pallini/Business Insider LaGuardia Airport is getting new fligh.....»»

Apollo and Hudson Executive had five days to increase their offer, but they decided not to do so, sources told the Wall Street Journal......»»

The air hub expects this year’s Christmas/New Year holiday travel season to be half of what it normally would be......»»

Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., the operator of Boston’s famed Faneuil Hall, has reportedly given its retail merchants a reprieve on April rent following a conversation with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, despite having told those retailers in recent days.....»»

Southwest Airlines — the largest carrier at Orlando International Airport — will cancel 1,500 daily flights starting Friday, an increase from what the Dallas-based airline said several days prior as demand for air travel plummets even more. Southw.....»»

Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 Crash-Lands At Istanbul Airport Between the coronavirus and the number of planes that seem to be falling out of the sky these days, the blowback on the airline in.....»»

Two St. Louis executives skeptical of the Lambert airport privatization process met with a top Southwest Airlines leader days before Mayor Lyda Krewson ended it......»»

One CEO who opposed Lambert privatization spoke with Mayor Lyda Krewson twice in the days before she ended the process......»»

Hong Kong Airport Passenger Volumes Crash To Decade Lows Amid Socio-Economic Chaos  Who in their right mind would travel to Hong Kong these days? Six months of violent protests and a deepening recession have transformed t.....»»

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) has hired David Kelman to oversee U.S. marijuana investment banking. The announcement came just a few days after the company announced it had closed on its $52 million acquisition of the capital markets business o.....»»

American Airlines Inc. (Nasdaq: AAL), the largest airline operating at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, has set a company record for the number of days without a canceled flight. The carrier went seven days without a cancellation across i.....»»

Chinese officials, led by Vice Premier Liu He, departed the U.S. Trade Representative's office on Friday, signaling that two days of U.S.-China trade talks had concluded......»»

Hungary’s opposition parties are banding together for the first time in local elections in a bid to push back against the power of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose party has won seven back-to-back nationwide contests. A strong s.....»»

Former Marketo CEO Steve Lucas is stepping down a year after the company was acquired by Adobe Inc. — and days after top Adobe executives said they had merged Marketo and Magento in order to better target mid-market business. Adobe announced its p.....»»

Tempe's Versum Materials Inc. is another step closer to its merger with Merck KGaA after receiving a clearance notice Tuesday. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States completed its review of the proposed acquisition and conclude.....»»

After being shut down for two days, Hong Kong International Airport re-opened on Wednesday after thousands of protesters blocked access to the main terminals. All told, five people were arrested and six were hospitalized.....»»

REUTERS/Tyrone Siu Flight operations resumed at Hong Kong's airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptio.....»»

AP Photo/Kin Cheung Protesters in Hong Kong have adopted a popular protest anthem in recent days as they enter into their 10th week of anti-government demonstrations.  Vid.....»»

Steve Madden Ltd. said Tuesday that it has acquired BB Dakota, a California-based women's clothing company. BB Dakota was founded in 2005 and includes the namesake brand and Jack by BB Dakota in its p.....»»