Bloomberg The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to begin closing a handful of security checkpoints at airports around the US as soon as this weekend in response to staff shortages as impacts of the three-week partial federal government shutdown begin to expand. Miami International Airport has shut one of its concourses for several days and has moved flights to other …

Bloomberg Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways, after repeated delays, will start commercial flights on January 16, the company said in an emailed statement. The carrier set minimum ticket prices at 149,000 dong ($6.40) each. The carrier will initially operate 37 domestic routes, the company said in a separate statement. Bamboo Airways will also start this year international flights to Asian countries, starting …

Bloomberg Target Corp set a high bar for rival retailers with strong holiday sales, bolstering the industry’s hope that this will be America’s best shopping season in more than a decade. Target’s comparable sales grew 5.7 percent in the November-December period, beating some analysts’ estimates. It also maintained its full-year sales and earnings forecasts. Target went all out over the …