Bloomberg Coca-Cola Co. was sued by activists who compare the beverage giant’s advertising tactics to the tobacco industry’s past efforts in minimizing the health effects of its products and targeting children to replenish the ranks of its customers. The nonprofit Praxis Project seeks to stop Coke and the Washington-based American Beverage Association (ABA) from deceptive advertising of sugary drinks, …

  Bloomberg There’s a new leader in the US market for corporate aircraft management, as a merger of the American fleets of BBA Aviation Plc and Gama Aviation Plc elbows aside a unit of Warren Buffett’s NetJets Inc. The deal brings together about 110 US-based aircraft managed by Gama and 90 overseen by BBA, the companies said. While similar in …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is supposed to give relief to subprime mortgage borrowers as part of a $7.2 billion settlement with the US government. It is considering an unusual approach to meeting that requirement: lending money to private equity firms and hedge funds. Germany’s biggest bank, dogged last year by questions about its capital levels, is exploring ways to …