Bloomberg Boeing Co. is nearing an agreement with Qatar’s flagship airline for a multibillion-dollar commercial jet order, following U.S. approval of a long-stalled sale of F-15 fighter jets to the Persian Gulf nation. Qatar Airways is in late-stage talks to acquire at least 30 Boeing wide-body jets and would take 787 Dreamliner and 777 models, said the people, who asked ...

  Bloomberg Australian steel and iron ore producer Arrium Ltd. may face costs of as much as A$40 million ($30.6 million) following storms that caused blackouts and forced BHP Billiton Ltd. to halt its Olympic Dam copper operation. Arrium’s steelworks in the south-coast town of Whyalla and the mining of iron ore to feed the mill have been halted since ...

  New Delhi / AFP Indians have declared almost $10 billion in hidden wealth under a government amnesty on tax evasion, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s moves to crack down on huge piles of black money. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the four-month scheme that closed on Friday had resulted in 64,275 declarations of previously undisclosed assets and ...