Bloomberg Canada’s plane and train maker Bombardier said it was cutting 7,500 jobs, its second major layoff announcement this year following delays in deliveries of its C-series airplanes. The job cuts, to be completed by the end of 2018, are expected to mostly hit administrative posts, with two-thirds from the transport division, a Bombardier spokesman said. These layoffs come ...

  Bloomberg Oceanair Linhas Aereas SA, which operates as Brazilian airline Avianca Brasil, hasn’t paid more than $4 million in lease payments for one of its Airbus A330 airplanes, according to a lawsuit filed by Wells Fargo & Co. The complaint, filed Oct. 14 in federal court in Manhattan, claims the airline is behind on $4.64 million in payments to ...

  Bloomberg Canada’s retail sales unexpectedly fell and the inflation rate trailed forecasts, raising concern about the health of the country’s economic rebound. Retail sales fell 0.1 per cent in August, compared with forecasts for a 0.3 per cent gain. Consumer inflation accelerated for the first time in five months in September to 1.3 per cent, however the jump was ...