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Air China flight diverted after midair ruckus

BEIJING / Reuters An Air China flight bound for Beijing made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Sunday after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen, the country’s civil aviation authority said. In a brief statement on its website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said a male passenger on Air China …

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Toys ‘R’ Us draws 11th-hour offer from Little Tikes’s Larian

Bloomberg Billionaire Isaac Larian, the toy marketer whose lineup includes Little Tikes and Bratz dolls, offered to save part of Toys ‘R’ Us from liquidation with an almost $900 million bid for stores in the US and Canada. Larian would pay $675 million and $215 million for outlets in Canada, he said. The funds will come from Larian himself and …

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US bank execs see delayed boost from tax overhaul

NEW YORK / Reuters Banks have not reaped the full benefit of US tax cuts, Wall Street executives said after a string of quarterly results, with expected business growth and higher consumer spending yet to materialise. Analysts and investors are still trying to work out the longer-term effects of the tax rewrite signed into law in December, which slashed the …

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