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Avolon owner Bohai Capital to nearly double aircraft fleet -COO

BEIJING / REUTERS Chinese aircraft lessor Bohai Capital, known for its September purchase of Irish peer Avolon Holdings Ltd, aims to nearly double its fleet in coming years to take advantage of a boom in Chinese travel demand, a top executive said. Bohai Capital and other state-backed firms are expanding in the aircraft financing and leasing business as customer airlines ...

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Jeff Bezos defends Amazon culture in shareholders note

San Francisco / AFP Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos defended his company’s workplace culture and costly growth strategy in a letter to shareholders made public this week. The work atmosphere at Seattle-based Amazon became a hot topic last year after a New York Times article portrayed it as a “hurtful,” Darwinian setting in which employees were pitted against ...

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Hey kid, where did you spend that money?

New York / AP They might not be old enough to swipe a credit card or take out a loan, but you still need to keep an eye on your little one’s credit. Kids can be victims of identity theft, too, and it often goes unnoticed by parents for years. Typically, a youngster doesn’t find out something is wrong with ...

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