Bloomberg Jet Airways India Ltd.’s lenders are reluctant to extend additional loans to the cash-strapped airline ahead of a key report by the company’s financial auditor, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. India’s biggest full-service carrier, part-owned by Etihad Airways PJSC, had approached banks for emergency funding but the lenders prefer that the company raises money from …

Bloomberg Carrefour SA may circumvent Brazil’s bankers in favour of mom-and-pop investors when it returns to markets next year. The grocer’s Brazilian unit, Atacadao Distribuicao Comercio e Industria Ltda, is considering issuing local bonds for retail investors as it explores alternatives to a “concentrated banking system” and the high fees the banks charge, Chief Financial Officer Sebastien Durchon said in …

Bloomberg “Retail is not dead”, Telsey Advisory Group said. One day before second-quarter earnings season kicks into gear in earnest, it’s clear investors agree. The latest quarterly results are expected to outshine first quarter disappointments that were hurt by lousy weather. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF has risen 13 percent year to date to a record high, more than double …