Bloomberg Karan Dua, an electronics shop owner in south-central Mumbai, placed his hope of crackling sales on Diwali — the Hindu festival of lights when Indians splurge on everything from clothes to cars and jewellery to houses. It hardly lit up business for the 35-year-old shop owner. Businesses like Dua’s are seeing sluggish sales this festive season in part because …

Bloomberg Toys ‘R’ Us Inc. won court approval on Tuesday for a bankruptcy exit plan that ties creditor recoveries — including severance pay for 33,000 fired workers — to lawsuits against the defunct retailer’s former officers and directors. The decision by US Bankruptcy Judge Keith L. Phillips means a litigation trust will be set up to try to hold Toys …

Bloomberg A financing platform under HNA Group Co. is offering investors air tickets rather than cash as repayment, the latest sign of the financial stress the Chinese conglomerate is under despite a slew of asset sales. Shenzhen-based Qianhai Air & Shipping Exchange that sells wealth management products to retail investors online, is offering tickets from Hainan Airlines or Grand China …

Bloomberg The co-founder and chief executive officer of Indian e-commerce company Flipkart Group has resigned after an investigation into allegations of “serious personal misconduct,” owner Walmart said. Binny Bansal, 37, stepped down immediately following an independent probe into the allegations, which the executive denies, Walmart said. The US retail giant completed its $16 billion purchase of the Indian company in …

Bloomberg Flybe Group Plc has begun takeover discussions with several parties as the rising cost of oil crimps earnings at Britain’s biggest provider of domestic flights and the company faces increasing financial stress. The Exeter, England-based carrier is in talks with “a number of strategic operators about a potential sale,” it said in a statement, without naming them. The stock …

Bloomberg Reeling from the world’s worst airline hack that exposed personal data of 9.4 million passengers, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is seeking to regain customer trust with “exciting offers” including better in-flight dining and entertainment. The marquee carrier is attempting to soothe angry customers by promising better services on board after coming under fire for the seven-month delay in disclosing …

Bloomberg Amazon announced it has selected New York City and Arlington, Virginia, as the locations for new headquarters, with hiring at both locations beginning in 2019. Amazon will invest $5 billion and create over 50,000 jobs across two new headquarters. It selected Nashville as new operations center of excellence with over 5,000 jobs. The Washington DC metro headquarters in Arlington …

Bloomberg Driving electric cars and scrapping your natural gas-fired boiler won’t make a dent in global carbon emissions, and may even increase pollution levels. Higher electrification may lead to oil demand peaking by 2030, but any reduction in emissions from the likes of electric vehicles will be offset by the increased use of power plants to charge them, according to …

Bloomberg Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among the companies considering first-round bids this month for closely held oil producer Endeavor Energy Resources LP, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The two oil majors may be joined by ConocoPhillips in competing for the business, which could be valued at about $15 billion including debt, said the people, …

Bloomberg It may not just be OPEC that’s weighing whether to cut oil production. The pipeline bottlenecks that have strangled Canadian crude prices have at least one major energy producer calling for oil-rich Alberta to mandate output reductions. Oil-sands producer Cenovus Energy Inc. says the province already has legislation on the books that would allow it to require all drillers …