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GE engine venture may oust Rolls from Emirates A380 deal

Bloomberg General Electric Co.’s A380 engine venture with Pratt & Whitney may be poised to muscle back in on the double-decker jet following Airbus SE’s deal to sell 36 superjumbos to Gulf carrier Emirates. While Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is supplying Trent 900 turbines for the last 50 A380s ordered by Emirates, the Dubai airline is leaning towards a rival powerplant ...

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Richemont to buy online luxury retailer for $3.3bn

Bloomberg Richemont agreed to take full control of online luxury retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter SpA for about 2.7 billion euros ($3.3 billion), reflecting ecommerce’s inroads into the world of $5,000 Cartier necklaces and $50,000 Vacheron Constantin watches. Investors would receive 38 euros a share, the Geneva-based luxury-goods company said in a statement. Richemont already owns 50 percent of YNAP. The bid ...

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Norwegian sets record for fastest transatlantic flight

Bloomberg To the envy of plane-weary travellers everywhere, passengers aboard a Norwegian Airlines flight from New York to London were treated to a pleasant surprise: They arrived 53 minutes ahead of schedule, making theirs the fastest transatlantic flight ever recorded on a subsonic commercial aircraft. The final flight time: five hours and 13 minutes. The good time came thanks to ...

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