Bloomberg Future Group, which runs India’s largest chain of department stores, expects record growth in the current financial year as a favorable monsoon boosts agricultural output and rural incomes. The group, which controls four listed entities including Future Retail Ltd., is expecting to register 25 percent to 28 percent growth, Chief Executive Officer Kishore Biyani said in an interview …

  Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is pushing more aggressively onto Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s turf. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer boosted its stake in China’s second-largest e-commerce website JD.com Inc., strengthening an alliance to win more market share in the world’s largest online market. Wal-Mart lifted its holding to 10.8 percent from 5.9 percent, according to an amended 13-G filing on …

  Bloomberg What do a supermarket clerk, an airline baggage handler and a heavy-equipment operator have in common? They’re among the first participants in JetBlue’s new program to turn people with little or no flight experience into pilots. The initial six recruits begin the second phase of training, after three weeks studying meteorology, aerodynamics, aircraft systems and the like. They’ll …