BLOOMBERG Copa Holdings SA is planning to boost flights to Venezuela as a budding economic recovery boosts demand for travel, and new connections to Colombia are set to open. The Panama-based airline aims to add eight new flights to its existing 35 per week, Copa’s general manager in Venezuela, Roberto Pulido, said. These will connect the capital and three other …

BLOOMBERG Seven & I Holdings Co is closing roughly one out of every four of its Ito-Yokado stores in Japan, marking the retailer’s latest response to pressure from an activist investor to streamline its business. Shares in the world’s largest convenience-store operator rose 4.1%, the most in two months, after public broadcaster NHK reported the store closings. The Tokyo-based company …

BLOOMBERG Advent International and CVC Capital Partners are among private equity firms weighing bids for a minority stake in Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s aircraft maintenance and repair unit, people with knowledge of the matter said. A stake in Lufthansa’s Technik business is also attracting initial interest from Bain Capital and Blackstone Inc, according to the people, who asked not to be …