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Airbus, Lockheed to renew tanker challenge to Boeing

Bloomberg Airbus SE is set to renew a long-running battle with Boeing Co. to supply tanker planes to the US Air Force after partnering with American defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. The companies said they’ve agreed to pitch Airbus’s A330 jetliner-based multi-role tanker transport, or MRTT, to plug a shortfall in the Air Force’s mid-air refueling capabilities and also develop ...

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Ryanair faces British regulator action over strike compensation

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc is facing “enforcement action” by Britain’s regulator after the discount carrier rejected passenger compensation claims linked to flight disruption from strikes this summer. The walkouts didn’t amount to extraordinary circumstances and Ryanair should therefore have compensated customers in line with European Commission regulations, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement, adding that it warned the ...

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Unilever CEO mends fences after joust with Goldman analyst

Bloomberg After striking a pugnacious tone at Unilever’s capital markets day last year, Paul Polman extended an olive branch in his final investor presentation as chief executive officer of the consumer-goods giant. Polman, who’s preparing to hand over to Alan Jope in January, told analysts and shareholders that he’d been texting his wife Kim about how to leave things. Her ...

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