Bloomberg JD.com Inc. reported quarterly profit that fell short of analyst expectations as the Chinese online shopping giant ramps up the construction of physical shops and warehouses amid rising competition from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Adjusted earnings-per-share were 11 cents in the three months ended March, missing the 0.81 yuan average of analyst estimates. While sales for the quarter rose ...

Bloomberg British Airways parent IAG SA’s approach for Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA was opportunistically pitched to coincide with the discount carrier’s weakest period for earnings, according to Bjorn Kiese, its chairman. “It wasn’t a coincidence that this came at this time,” Kiese said at Norwegian’s annual shareholder meeting. “April, May is the weakest part of the cycle, also for the ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US will withdraw from the landmark 2015 accord to curb Iran’s nuclear program and that he would reinstate financial sanctions on the Islamic Republic, casting the Mideast into a new period of uncertainty. “The fact is this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never ever been made,” Trump said at the White ...