Bloomberg Woolworths Holdings Ltd. plunged the most in almost two years after South Africa’s largest food and clothing retailer said sales growth slowed in the fiscal first half, while earnings also declined. Revenue increased by 2.5 percent in the 26-week period ending on December 24, compared with 6.7 percent the previous year, the Cape Town-based company said in a statement. …

Bloomberg For years, Lockheed Martin Corp. has been developing a successor to one of the fastest aircraft the world has ever seen, the SR-71 Blackbird, the Cold War reconnaissance craft that the US Air Force retired almost three decades ago. Lockheed officials have said the hypersonic SR-72—dubbed the “Son of Blackbird” by one trade journal—could fly by 2030. But a …

LONDON / Reuters Saudi Aramco has not invited UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to pitch for senior advisory roles in its stock market listing because they have not lent money to the state oil giant in recent years, according to five finance sources. The two investment banks, among the world’s biggest, have not been asked to attend meetings …