Bloomberg Britain’s retailers received a much-needed boost last month as sales grew for the first time since January. Same-store sales rose 0.7 percent compared with October last year, business advisory firm BDO LLP said in its monthly report. Sales of home furnishings led the rebound, growing 11.6 percent. The growth is welcome news for retailers, many of whom have ...

  Bloomberg An engine on an American Airlines plane that exploded on a Chicago runway October 28, triggering a massive blaze, had an apparent manufacturing defect, US investigators said. A disk within the General Electric Co. CF6-80 engine had an “internal inclusion,” meaning some type of foreign debris was embedded within the special alloy designed to withstand the heat and ...

  Bloomberg TAG Heuer could report record growth in revenue as it increases market share amid a slump in the Swiss watch industry. The brand that considers itself the leader in “accessible luxury” has achieved double-digit growth so far in 2016, which may make it a “record year,” Chief Executive Officer Jean-Claude Biver said in a Bloomberg interview on Sunday ...