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South African suppliers slash payment periods

Bloomberg South African Airways’s suppliers are slashing payment periods to reduce the risk of losing out from a collapse of the troubled state carrier, which is struggling to pay lenders 5 billion rand ($361 million) due by the end of this month. Companies with contracts with SAA are cutting settlement terms to seven days from 21 days as the creditor ...

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Airbus may drop jetliners position, concentrating power in new CEO

Bloomberg Airbus SE could opt to drop the role of commercial aviation chief when incumbent Guillaume Faury is promoted to lead the entire company next year, simplifying the group’s structure amid an ongoing fraud probe. The move would concentrate power in the hands of Faury as chief executive officer and reinforce the idea that the jetliners arm — where most ...

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China slaps down D&G in fight over offensive videos

Bloomberg Thousands of Dolce & Gabbana goods have been pulled from China’s biggest shopping websites after the Italian fashion house’s marketing went off the rails in a country that’s driving the industry’s growth. Calls for a boycott against the label gained traction after a video campaign showed a Chinese model struggling to eat spaghetti with chopsticks — a depiction that ...

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