Bloomberg Two years after Chinese policy makers devalued the yuan, an act that torpedoed global markets, traders are starting to view the currency as a sure bet. The yuan has surged 3.9 percent to be the best performer in Asia this quarter, while momentum indicators are near the highest since 2005. Typical risk-off events seem only to heighten demand for ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. raised its 20-year forecast for aircraft demand in China as economic growth and an expanding middle class spur travel in the world’s most-populous nation. China will need 7,240 new planes valued at almost $1.1 trillion in the two decades through 2036, Boeing said Wednesday. That compares with its projections last September for 6,810 aircraft through 2035. The ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE secured an order for 45 of its A350-900 jetliners from United Continental Holdings Inc., holding on to a critical win after a run of deferrals by US airlines for the European planemaker’s marquee wide-body plane. The deal, valued at $14 billion before customary discounts, is a conversion of an earlier order for 35 of Airbus’s bigger -1000 ...