Bloomberg The Bank of England will probably raise its economic growth forecasts next week, setting the scene for a potential interest-rate increase within months. In a survey for Bloomberg, all but one of 17 economists see the BOE lifting its 2018 projection, with the predictions for the next two years most likely to be left unchanged. The central bank will ...

Bloomberg The long goodbye for Boeing Co.’s iconic 747 jetliner is turning out to be a little premature. The planemaker won a $5.65 billion lifeline for the endangered jumbo as United Parcel Service Inc. exercised options for 14 more of the freighters. The deal came weeks after Delta Air Lines Inc. parked the last of its 747 aircraft, marking the ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. is wooing Embraer SA with a plan to form a commercial-jet venture instead of an outright acquisition, people familiar with the talks said. The two planemakers have made good progress on the framework for a deal, but hurdles remain and the final terms are still being hammered out, said one of the people, who asked not to ...