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‘Rolls-Royce’s A380 engines not up to standard’

  Bloomberg Emirates, the world’s biggest long-haul airline, said it’s unhappy with performance shortfalls afflicting $6.1 billion’s worth of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc engines ordered to power a batch of 50 Airbus Group SE A380 superjumbos. Feedback on the Trent 900 powerplants indicates “technical issues” that need to be resolved before the first plane is delivered to Emirates next month, Tim ...

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Airbus wins $1.4bn order for 13 planes from Japan’s Peach

  Bloomberg Airbus Group SE won an order for 13 Airbus planes valued at about $1.4 billion at list prices from Japanese budget carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., making inroads in a nation where most aircraft flown come from Boeing Co. Peach signed an agreement to buy 10 A320neo aircraft and three A320ceo planes, it said in a statement Friday. The ...

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Walmart tackles food safety with test of blockchain technology

  Bloomberg If you shop at Wal-Mart, you might be buying packaged produce unlike any ever sold in a U.S. store. The sliced apples or cut broccoli — the merchant won’t say what’s involved exactly — are being used to test blockchain, a new database technology. If successful, the trial could change how Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which serves some 260 ...

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