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In JPMorgan’s ‘War Room,’ pvt banking meets cross-selling

  Bloomberg Salespeople of all stripes know the drill. Go to the morning pump-up sessions. Hit the revenue targets. Move product or move along. The playbook for selling everything from phones to time shares also crops up in a rarefied environment — the Manhattan offices of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s elite wealth-management unit. There, private bankers working with JPMorgan’s richest ...

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Lockheed wins $8.2bn F-35 contract after Trump intervenes

  Bloomberg The White House announced a contract for 90 F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin Corp. valued at as much as $8.2 billion, boasting of savings after President Donald Trump chided that the Pentagon’s costliest program was “out of control.” Based on the per-plane cost, the savings will be $728 million compared with the previous contract, according to a Pentagon ...

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Qatar Airways launches world’s longest flight

  DUBAI / Reuters Qatar Airways launched its first service to Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday with the return leg set to be the longest scheduled commercial flight by flying time, according to the airline’s website. Flight QR920 departed Doha’s Hamed International Airport, a spokeswoman confirmed, and was scheduled to arrive in Auckland on Monday at 0730 local time (1830 ...

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