Bloomberg The European Union (EU) reached an agreement to strengthen and expand its flagship carbon market, endorsing the centerpiece of the Green Deal strategy that aims to make its economy climate-neutral by mid-century. Under a provisional deal announced by representatives of EU member states and the European Parliament, emissions trading will be extended to heating and road transport, and …

  Bloomberg Avon Products Inc was ordered by a California jury to pay $10.3 million in punitive damages to a woman who blamed her cancer on talc in its cosmetics, in the first such case the company has lost in US litigation. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury that punished Avon for hiding the risks that some of its talc-based …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc said it will wind down its partnership with Mesa Air Group Inc on concern about reliability at the regional airline, which has been struggling to hire pilots during an industry-wide shortage. “Mesa Airlines has experienced various financial and operational difficulties this year,” Derek Kerr, American’s chief financial officer, said in a memo. “We have concerns …