Bloomberg One of Walmart Inc.’s longtime foes conceded the retailer’s latest foray into banking could end well for consumers. “There are still a lot of people who want a physical location to go to for their banking services, and Walmart could provide that with all its stores,” said Sheila Bair, who oversaw the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. when the retail ...

Bloomberg The fan blade that broke on a United Airlines plane over suburban Denver last month failed well before it was required to receive its next routine inspection, investigators said. The blade that fractured, triggering the February 20 failure, had 2,979 cycles — each of which represents a flight or any time the engine was started — since its last ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. leaders were stunned by a barrage of negative articles after a 737 Max plunged into the Java Sea in October 2018, killing all aboard, according to internal communications. The messages, under court order, show that executives and board directors worried about media coverage and indications that pilots on the Lion Air flight were caught unaware by an ...