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UK urged to do more to tackle impact of Heathrow expansion

  Bloomberg The UK government is failing to show how it intends to tackle the potential environmental damage of building a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, according to a cross-party panel of lawmakers. Ministers are relying too much on people switching to cleaner cars to reduce particulate air pollution and have given no guarantees on air-quality targets after the ...

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Macy’s tops earnings estimates as company shrinks footprint

  Bloomberg Macy’s Inc. posted fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates as the company closes stores and cuts costs in a bid to cope with an industrywide slump. Profit was $2.02 a share, excluding some items, the Cincinnati-based company said. Analysts projected $1.96 on average. While same-store sales declined 2.1 percent, that was better than the 2.2 percent drop predicted ...

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Boeing fighter jet gets new life from Trump tweets

  Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s Super Hornet is poised for a surprising comeback thanks to President Donald Trump’s Twitter broadsides and a strike-fighter shortage caused by delays to Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 program. Until recently, Boeing’s combat jet was on life support, with work at its St. Louis factory slowing to a crawl as orders dwindled. But that was before Congress ...

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