MAIDUGURI / AP At least four people were killed in three attacks by suicide bombers in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, police and witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack late Tuesday involved a male bomber who was shot dead by a military sniper after he was seen moving towards a security checkpoint, said Damian Chukwu, police commissioner of Borno …

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. added $7.5 billion to its market value after reporting quarterly results that beat estimates and raising its full-year sales forecast. China’s biggest e-commerce company increased its projection for fiscal 2017 revenue growth to 53 percent, from 48 percent previously, as Chinese spending stays strong and the company wrings revenue from fledgling areas such as …

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. profit rose as the 787 Dreamliner emerged from a decade of losses and helped the planemaker weather a turbulent market for wide-body jetliners. Adjusted earnings were $2.47 a share, despite an accounting loss for an aerial tanker program, the company said on Wednesday in a statement. That exceeded the $2.32 average of analyst estimates compiled by …