Bloomberg Imagine landing at a major airport and the only human official you meet on your way through the terminal is a customs officer. Singapore’s Changi Airport, voted the world’s best for the past six years by Skytrax, is pursuing that goal of extensive automation with such vigour that it built an entire terminal to help test the airport bots …

Bloomberg UK online fashion seller Boohoo Group Plc named a new chief executive officer from the fast-growing Primark chain, offering him a payout of as much as 50 million pounds ($65 million) to spur growth. John Lyttle, currently chief operating officer of Primark, will join Boohoo in March, according to a statement. The move comes as Boohoo, which owns the …

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and some other airlines resumed services to Hong Kong, a city that was battered over the weekend by a powerful typhoon, forcing the cancellation of almost 900 flights. The city’s flag carrier reported on its website “a gradual return to scheduled flight operations” starting from Monday morning. The Hong Kong International Airport said that passengers …

Bloomberg Hennes & Mauritz AB shares rose the most in 16 years after the ailing Swedish fashion retailer reported sales growth that took analysts by surprise, boosting optimism the H&M chain may have turned the corner. The stock surged as much as 11 percent on Monday, adding $2 billion to the market value of the Stockholm-based retailer. H&M reported third-quarter …

Bloomberg Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund has expressed interest in buying General Electric Co.’s plane-leasing unit, said people with knowledge of the matter. At a meeting between GIC Pte. and GE officials in August, fund executives asked whether the Boston-based company would consider selling all or a part of GE Capital Aviation Services, said the people, who asked not to be …

Bloomberg Markets can ignore Wall Street when they want to. They’ve largely disregarded warnings from equity strategists at some of the biggest banks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. this week cautioned about the dire effect of a full-blown trade war — fears stoked by news that President Donald Trump had instructed aides to impose additional tariffs …

Bloomberg Buying protection over fluctuations in the pound will remain a relatively costly exercise as Brexit headlines gather momentum and central banks slowly tighten policy. Uncertainty over the endgame of Brexit talks — key disagreements still need to be addressed — and risks that euroskeptic Conservatives may challenge UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership may support gamma demand for sterling. …

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan to phase out coal-fired power plants in Germany should stop short of “prematurely” closing brown coal facilities, or she risks the collapse of the nation’s mining industry as well as persistent blackouts, RWE AG said in a report. Shuttering coal plants may have a “domino” effect on mining, which is regulated by concessions that would …

Bloomberg Oil headed for a weekly gain as threats to supply in Iran and Venezuela overshadowed risks to demand, while an uncertain outlook heightened volatility. Futures in New York are on course for a 1.7 percent advance this week amid signs that looming US sanctions are taking a toll on Iranian crude exports. Volatility headed for the biggest weekly increase …

Bloomberg A British couple vacationing at the Red Sea resort of Hurghada last month died of illness triggered by E. coli bacteria, Egypt’s prosecutor said, citing a forensic report. John and Susan Cooper died on August 21 while staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel. The couple had been booked at the hotel through tour operator Thomas Cook Group Plc, …