Bloomberg UK airport ground-handling specialist John Menzies Plc accepted a $750 million takeover bid from Kuwaiti suitor Agility Public Warehousing Co that had been sweetened for a third time. The Menzies board backed the offer of 608 pence a share in cash after Agility subsidiary GIL International issued a formal proposal, the companies said. The bidding had started with …

  Bloomberg Lululemon Athletica Inc delivered a sales forecast for this year that exceeded analyst estimates, suggesting that the company is overcoming supply-chain snags that disrupted operations earlier this year. The athletic-wear retailer expects sales to reach as much as $7.62 billion in the current fiscal year that ends next January. The average analyst estimate was $7.2 billion. The company’s …

  Bloomberg Stocks fall and energy prices rose as skepticism about Russia’s promise to de-escalate the war in Ukraine renewed concerns about higher raw material prices and commodity disruption. Europe’s Stoxx 600 snapped a three-day winning streak after surging to the highest level in five weeks. US futures slipped amid warnings that gains of the past two weeks have the …