Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in advanced discussions to invest as much as $1 billion into India’s Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd, as the two companies battle Amazon.com Inc. in e-commerce, according to a person familiar with the matter. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, would take a minority stake in Flipkart, the person said, asking not to be identified ...

  AFP Australian carrier Qantas has warned of the danger of mobile phones being crushed in reclinable plane seats and catching fire after one ignited during a US flight, according to a safety report on Wednesday. The findings came just weeks after Qantas and domestic competitor Virgin Australia, as well as other international airlines, told customers not to use or ...

Bloomberg American Airlines is poised to clear one of the final major hurdles in the integration of US Airways on Oct. 1 when it meshes the flight operating systems of both carriers in a move that travelers shouldn’t notice. The change will unify 15,000 American, US Airways and America West pilots into one workforce and remove barriers that tied them ...