Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc will take a charge of as much as $3.3 billion to cover the costs of early retirement and voluntary separation plans for employees, as the carrier scales back operations amid a plunge in travel. The charge will be recorded in the third quarter and most workers will leave on August 1, the Atlanta-based carrier said …

Bloomberg Stocks fell with US equity futures on Thursday as investors parsed economic data from China that showed the path of economic recovery from the pandemic remains bumpy. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index tracked Asian shares lower after Chinese retail sales in June missed estimates and continued to contract, even as the economy returned to growth in the second quarter. …

Bloomberg Japanese investors sold a record amount of foreign stocks last week, offloading a net $34 billion of overseas equity. The figure is almost six times greater than in any previous week. It wasn’t immediately clear what factors were behind the record selling, with fingers pointed at factors including funds locking in profits as US stocks recovered their losses suffered …