Bloomberg After clearing up unwanted items last quarter as sales slumped, Macy’s Inc said it is now geared up for improvement in the crucial holiday quarter. The department-store offered mixed signals, cutting its full-year profit outlook after a key sales metric fell more than it anticipated last quarter. With some of the bad news now past and inventories cleared, the ...

Bloomberg Managers at a federal air-traffic facility in Florida regularly ignored safety rules for handling high-altitude traffic and then instituted a policy that exacerbated the risks after complaints by a whistle-blower, according to the US Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Aircraft being transferred from one controller to the next were supposed to be on specified altitudes, but some controllers weren’t ...

Bloomberg Target Corp reached a record high after raising its full-year outlook again on strong sales and profitability, providing a safe haven after several retailers unnerved investors. Third-quarter comparable sales, a key retail metric, rose 4.5%, a full percentage point above what analysts polled by Consensus Metrix had projected. Profit this year excluding some items will be between $6.25 and ...