Bloomberg Boeing Co. plans to cut jobs in its commercial airplane division, the company’s largest business, as part of cost reductions intended to improve competitiveness. The planemaker will first seek to trim executive and managerial positions, Ray Conner, chief executive of the Boeing unit, told employees in a webcast. Involuntary cuts may be necessary as a last resort in addition …

AFP The Berlin-based vegan food retailer Veganz is looking to treble sales this year and is eyeing a possible stock market listing in 2018, its founder said in a magazine interview. “People cannot get enough of our products,” Veganz chief Jan Bredack told the weekly WirtschaftsWoche. Last year, Veganz clocked up annual sales of 24 million euros ($27 million) and …

AFP Adidas said on Thursday that it performed better than expected in 2015 and is confident for this year, even if the US market still appears to be something of an Achilles’ heel for the German maker of sportshoes and equipment. “Based on preliminary unaudited figures for 2015, the Adidas group exceeded its top- and bottom-line financial targets in the …