BLOOMBERG Canada’s central bank appointed Sylvain Leduc, a researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to the group of policy makers that sets interest rates. Montreal-born Leduc replaces Agathe Côté, who retired at the end of January, on the Bank of Canada Governing Council, according to a statement Tuesday from Ottawa. Leduc is “a renowned and prolific researcher” …

Toulouse / Bloomberg Airbus Group said on Wednesday its net profits climbed 15 percent last year and predicted deliveries of more than 650 aircraft in 2016 and a rise in orders to record levels. The France-based European aerospace group chalked up a net profit of 2.7 billion euros ($3.0 billion), with sales up 6.0 percent to 64 billion euros. Orders …

Sydney / AFP Shopping centre giant Westfield on Wednesday recorded a US$2.3 billion net profit supported by healthy income growth for its US and British assets, as it flagged an August opening for its fully leased World Trade Center development. The Australian-listed company is reporting its first full-year result for the 12 months to December 31, 2015 since spinning off …