Bloomberg Bombardier Inc is selling its regional-jet business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, ending the Canadian company’s foray into commercial aircraft after more than three decades. Mitsubishi agreed to pay $550 million for the maintenance, support, marketing and sales operations of the aging CRJ programme, the companies said. The Tokyo-based manufacturer, which is developing the first Japanese-built airliner since the …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc is re-listing its Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu after struggling to find a buyer for the unit, following a decade-long battle to compete with bigger local rivals. The US retailer will keep its majority stake in Seiyu after the listing, Walmart’s international division head Judith McKenna said in a statement. The company also announced a mid-term business plan …

Bloomberg The popularity of Beyond Meat Inc’s plant-based protein offerings isn’t just a threat for meat producers. Such meat-free alternatives and consumer trends shunning animal protein could also hurt demand at agricultural chemical makers and fertiliser companies, according to Alliance Bernstein. Nearly 60 percent of the world’s corn and 90 percent of the soy goes into animal feed, analyst Gunther …