Bloomberg Laxman Narasimhan will take over as Starbucks Corp.’s chief executive officer with a long list of pressing tasks, from redesigning cafes to improving profitability. But perhaps none is as pressing as blunting a fast-spreading US union drive. It’s a tall order — especially for a leader without experience operating restaurants. Narasimhan, 55, is coming in from British consumer-goods …

  Bloomberg Passengers finding themselves with a lengthy delay or cancelled flight have a new way to check what they can get from airlines, ahead of an expected travel rush for Labour Day weekend. The Biden administration launched a dashboard where passengers can check if airlines will provide meals, rebooking, or hotel rooms when flights are delayed or cancelled because …

  Bloomberg Tens of thousands of applications for a payment-by-instalment plan have flooded into a British budget grocery chain just two weeks after its launch, as a cost of living crisis crushes UK household incomes. Customers of Iceland Foods have sent in around 60,000 applications so far, more than the total number of loans the credit provider behind the initiative …