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GM to pay $100 million over SUV fuel-economy mistake

  Bloomberg General Motors Co. will spend about $100 million to reimburse customers who bought 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave sport utility vehicles with overstated fuel economy figures, said a person familiar with the matter. Fuel economy was overstated by 1 to 2 miles per gallon because the company failed to reflect new emissions-related hardware in calculations ...

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Terror wave hits aviation in African nations

  Paris / Bloomberg If the sudden disappearance of an EgyptAir flight turns out to be the work of terrorists, it will be the fourth such attack in the past year on air travelers in North African countries battling militant groups. Even as airports in Europe and North America have strengthened security, experts say that gaps in screening of employees ...

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Lufthansa faces fresh ire over Germanwings crash

  Berlin / AFP The head of Germany’s doctors’ association has lashed out at both Lufthansa and aviation regulators for failing to prevent last year’s Germanwings crash by allowing a pilot who suffered from severe depression to fly. Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed flight A320 in the French Alps in March 2015, killing himself and the 149 others on board. Investigators subsequently ...

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