Bloomberg Taiwan’s China Airlines Ltd. ordered 16 Boeing Co. 787-9 aircraft with options for eight more and conversion rights to a higher-capacity Dreamliner jet, as it looks beyond the pandemic. The government-backed carrier announced the deal in a statement on Tuesday, weeks after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, infuriating Beijing, which considers the island to be part of …

Bloomberg Best Buy Co surpassed Wall Street’s profit estimate after warning a month ago that it was under pressure from waning consumer-electronics demand. Adjusted earnings fall to $1.54 a share in the fiscal second quarter, Best Buy said in a statement on Tuesday. That exceeded the $1.35 average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg, which had come down sharply since …

Bloomberg Auchan Retail plans to keep its Russian operations going even though the division is likely to be unprofitable and the country’s invasion of Ukraine continues amid global condemnation. The French grocer is experiencing a “marked slowdown in activity” in Russia that began in the second quarter, Auchan Retail Chief Financial Officer Ludovic Delcloy told analysts and journalists during a …