Bloomberg EgyptAir, seeking to overcome slumping tourist numbers and the impact of a fatal jetliner crash, revealed an order for nine Boeing Co. single-aisle jets and said it plans to buy more planes to aid its recovery. The Mideast carrier, disclosed as the buyer of the 737-800 aircraft valued at $864 million and entered into Boeing’s books some months …

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co.’s head of community banking, Carrie Tolstedt, will retire from the firm at the end of July. Tolstedt, 56, who led the retail-bank unit, will be succeeded on July 31 by Mary Mack, who oversees the retail brokerage, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo said this week in a statement. Tolstedt had joined a Wells Fargo predecessor …

  REUTERS Qatar Airways is all set to buy 49 percent of Meridiana in a move that could bolster the Italian carrier’s ability to compete in the European market. The agreement was reached at the Farnborough International Airshow and the deal will close in early October, subject to certain conditions, Qatar Airways said in a statement on Thursday. The airline …