Bloomberg Airbus SE promised 20 percent earnings growth this year — pushing the stock up the most since 2008 — so long as it can iron out persistent manufacturing problems on two key aircraft programs. The European planemaker ended 2017 with a record order backlog and delivered more jets than ever before. The shares advanced as much as 10 percent …

Bloomberg Add independent Nigerian drillers to the list of oil producers itching to supply more crude at a time when OPEC and allies like Russia are trying to restrict output and prop up prices. Domestic Nigerian producers are aiming to pump almost 250,000 barrels a day more crude by 2020 as part of a wider plan for the nation to …

Bloomberg While TransCanada Corp. continues to weigh whether to build its long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, the company announced another major expansion of its natural gas system in Alberta. TransCanada will spend C$2.4 billion ($1.9 billion) to expand its NGTL System, adding 1 billion cubic feet of daily shipping capacity, according to a statement. The company struck binding agreements with …