Bloomberg Chile’s central bank kept borrowing costs on hold after the core inflation rate jumped, then slumped and then rose again, leaving economists and policy makers divided over the outlook for rate cuts. Policy makers, led by bank President Mario Marcel, held the key rate at 2.5 percent last week, as forecast by 19 of 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. …

Bloomberg Betsy Duke was working in a Virginia Beach dinner theater in the mid-1970s, struggling to make ends meet, when she applied for a job at a dry cleaner. It turned her down. Instead, she became a part-time teller. Wells Fargo & Co. recently named her the first woman to oversee one of the largest banks in the nation. She …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG AG Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr said he’s ready to welcome large numbers of employees from insolvent competitor Air Berlin Plc to build up his airline’s Eurowings unit, promoting his company as a safe haven for jobs— albeit with concessions. “Those of you who have worked with Air Berlin crews know it: These are top people, …