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Air China resumes Pyongyang flights

Bloomberg Air China is to resume regular flights between Beijing and Pyongyang after a six-month hiatus, in the latest sign that the “ maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea may be easing. China’s flagship carrier will resume services on Wednesday after halting them in November, a spokesman for the company confirmed in a WeChat message. The resumption is a market-oriented ...

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Nomad adds Aunt Bessie’s potatoes to its UK brands

Bloomberg Aunt Bessie’s Yorhire puddings and roast potatoes, the side dishes that are part of a traditional British roast dinner, have a new owner. Nomad Foods Ltd., the frozen-foods company backed by entrepreneurs Martin E. Franklin and Noam Gottesman, has agreed to acquire British prepared foods maker Aunt Bessie’s Ltd. from owner William Jackson & Son Ltd., according to a ...

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From flagship to scrapyard: First Airbus A380s to get broken up

Bloomberg Two of Airbus SE’s flagship A380 superjumbos are headed for the scrapheap after a search for new operators failed to secure firm bids. Negotiations with British Airways, Iran Air and Hi Fly, a Portuguese charter specialist, ended with no deals struck, German investment fund Dr. Peters, which manages the planes, said in a statement to shareholders. The double-decker jets, ...

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