Bloomberg Citigroup Inc. applied for a backup license in France, hedging its bet on making Germany the headquarters for its new European Union broker-dealer after Brexit. Jim Cowles, the bank’s chief executive officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told French newspaper Les Echos that the license is part of a plan to move positions across the continent. The ...

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. is set to pull off an aviation high-wire act as it sends 30 of its oldest planes to a desert graveyard just 24 hours before launching the newest version of its staple 737 jetliner. The changeover will usher in the latest fresh start for Boeing Co.’s bread-and-butter passenger plane, extending Southwest’s almost 50-year dedication to the ...

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc., the Canadian planemaker facing US import duties on its C Series jet, is nearing a deal to sell at least 14 of the planes to Air Baltic Corp. in an order with a list value of about $1.25 billion. The carrier is set to buy CS300 models “definitely before the end of next year,” Air Baltic Chief ...