Bloomberg Starbucks Corp. is asking the US government to quash elections underway in New York that could expand the fledgling labor foothold among its corporate-run U.S. locations. In a filing, the coffee chain asked the National Labor Relations Board to overturn an acting regional director’s ruling ordering unionization votes at three restaurants in the Buffalo region. The company argued …

  Bloomberg Airlines that aren’t currently hedging their fuel bills are set to lose a “shedload” of money as a result of high oil prices, the head of Ryanair Holdings Plc. Brent crude is trading near $91 a barrel as surging global consumption pushes prices to a seven-year high. That’s problematic for fuel-consuming industries like airlines, where oil can make …

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) shouldn’t view the issuing of a digital currency as a monetary policy option as doing so could severely damage the economy, according to a former BOJ official who led research into digital money. “Some say that negative interest rates could work more effectively with a digital currency, but I don’t think so,” said …