Bloomberg Boeing Co. is nearing an agreement with Qatar’s flagship airline for a multibillion-dollar commercial jet order, following U.S. approval of a long-stalled sale of F-15 fighter jets to the Persian Gulf nation. Qatar Airways is in late-stage talks to acquire at least 30 Boeing wide-body jets and would take 787 Dreamliner and 777 models, said the people, who asked …

  Bloomberg Australian steel and iron ore producer Arrium Ltd. may face costs of as much as A$40 million ($30.6 million) following storms that caused blackouts and forced BHP Billiton Ltd. to halt its Olympic Dam copper operation. Arrium’s steelworks in the south-coast town of Whyalla and the mining of iron ore to feed the mill have been halted since …

  New Delhi / AFP Indians have declared almost $10 billion in hidden wealth under a government amnesty on tax evasion, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s moves to crack down on huge piles of black money. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the four-month scheme that closed on Friday had resulted in 64,275 declarations of previously undisclosed assets and …