Colombo / AFP Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped national carrier is in talks to lease some of its new Airbus aircraft to Pakistan and Iran to reduce a $1 billion loss, a minister said. State Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim said SriLankan Airlines was about to conclude a deal with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to lease out one Airbus A330. “The …

  Bloomberg FedEx Corp., owner of the world’s largest cargo airline, raised its full-year profit forecast as continued growth in e-commerce deliveries helped push earnings for the fiscal first quarter ahead of analysts’ estimates. Higher yields on air and ground shipments and rising package volumes bolstered quarterly results, the courier said in a statement Tuesday. FedEx continued to benefit from …

  Bloomberg China’s central bank has approved trading of credit-default swaps by financial institutions in the nation’s interbank market, as it seeks to help investors tackle rising non-payment risks among the country’s borrowers, according to people familiar with the matter. The National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII), a unit under the People’s Bank of China, will likely make …