Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in talks to buy Jet.com Inc., the e-commerce startup that began a year ago billing itself as a challenger to Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions may ultimately result in a strategic investment rather than an acquisition, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because …

  Bloomberg The federal government for the first time has given permission to a private Florida company to fly a spaceship beyond Earth’s orbit and land on the moon. The Federal Aviation Administration gave clearance to Moon Express to land a washing machine-sized vehicle on the moon that would take hops across the lunar surface using engine firings instead of …

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly pushed back against calls for his ouster by four labor groups, saying the personal attack against him is part of a negotiating ploy. “I’m not going anywhere and neither is Mike Van de Ven,” the company’s chief operating officer, Kelly said in a video posted for Southwest employees. “We have …