Bloomberg The private equity owners of Belle International Holdings Ltd., the biggest women’s shoe retailer in China, are considering a spinoff of its sportswear distribution business, people with knowledge of the matter said. Hillhouse Capital and CDH Investments, which took Belle private in a $6.8 billion deal completed in July, are weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering of the …

Bloomberg Air France-KLM named finance chief Frederic Gagey as interim CEO to replace Jean-Marc Janaillac, who quit after failing to end a series of strikes that have roiled the airline’s French arm since February. Board member and a former deputy French minister Anne-Marie Couderc will become interim non-executive chairman, according to a statement. The carrier is setting up a three-member …

Bloomberg A cockpit windshield on a Sichuan Airlines jet shattered while the plane was cruising at 32,000 feet, a rare incident that hurt the co-pilot and forced an emergency landing of the Airbus SE plane in southwestern China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China is investigating the Monday incident and will focus on the design and manufacturing of the windshield, …