Bloomberg General Electric Co poured $4 billion into repairing its balance sheet, furthering steps to whittle down a pension liability that has been a thorn in Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp’s turnaround efforts. The manufacturer prefunded about $2.5 billion in pension requirements for the next three years and repaid $1.5 billion of an intracompany loan to GE Capital, according to ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co lost almost half of a 737 Max aircraft order from Bain Capital’s Virgin Australia under a new agreement that also postpones the initial jet delivery by two years to mid-2023. Virgin Australia will take 25 of Boeing’s Max 10 jets to serve as the “backbone” of future domestic and short-haul international flights, Jayne Hrdlicka, the budget carrier’s ...

Bloomberg South Africa faces a fresh battle with labour groups in its effort to revive the bankrupt state airline, offering three months of wages to employees who haven’t been paid since March. The government’s Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa were scheduled to discuss the matter, according to a spokeswoman for the ...