Bloomberg Purchases of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in March for a third month, reflecting the weakest pace of demand in the West since July 2014. Total sales decreased 1.5 percent to a 511,000 annualized pace, a Commerce Department report showed on Monday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was for a gain to 520,000. In …

Bloomberg Qatar Airways could switch its order for Airbus Group SE A320neo jetliners to Boeing Co.’s 737 model if issues with the European aircraft’s Pratt & Whitney engines aren’t resolved by the middle of the year. Moving from the Pratt-powered variant of the revamped A320 to a version that uses engines from CFM International isn’t an option as those planes …

  Bloomberg Bang &Olufsen (B&O) named Henrik Clausen as its new chief executive officer, less than two weeks after the Danish luxury hi-fi system maker walked away from takeover talks with a billionaire Chinese suitor. Clausen will take over from Tue Mantoni on July 1, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Clausen comes from the Nordic region’s largest …