Bloomberg UK retailers made a faltering start to the fourth quarter as sales unexpectedly fell for a second month in October. The volume of goods sold in stores and online declined 0.5 percent from September, the Office for National Statistics said. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was for a 0.2 percent gain. Decline was largest in seven months ...

Bloomberg American Airlines raised a stink over the US government’s refusal to give its logo copyright protection — and that may get results. The US Copyright Office has repeatedly deemed the airline’s flight symbol to be lacking in creativity, finally prompting the company to sue the head of the agency a month ago. A spokesman for the carrier said that ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Wednesday announced an AED5.1 billion ($1.4 billion) investment to upgrade and expand its Bu Hasa field that will increase crude oil production capacity to 650,000 barrels per day (bpd). This is an important step towards delivery of Adnoc’s 2030 smart growth strategy that seeks to increase its crude ...