Bloomberg The world’s biggest nitrogen fertiliser company may be increasing its market share in Latin America, one of the most important crop-producing regions, as supplies ebb from Russia. Illinois-based CF Industries Holdings Inc is planning to increase its overseas shipments to regions plagued by fertiliser shortages, including Latin America, said Chief Executive Officer Tony Will. Brazil is the No. ...

Bloomberg The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been helping Chinese officials download two black-box recorders that were damaged in the mysterious crash of a Boeing Co 737 jetliner on March 21. The work to decipher the final sounds caught by cockpit microphones on the doomed jetliner is being carried out in the NTSB’s lab in Washington, spokesman Peter ...

  Bloomberg Alaska Air Group Inc cancelled more than 100 flights as the carrier’s pilots picketed at five West Coast airports amid negotiations over a new labour contract. The airline scrubbed about 14% of its schedule in New York, according to data from Flightaware.com. Further flight cancellations could occur over the weekend due to the staffing disruptions, the Seattle-based company ...