Bloomberg Foreign aircraft lessors are facing the increasing possibility of writeoffs that could total in the billions of dollars as Russia considers ways to defy worldwide sanctions and keep carriers such as Aeroflot flying. Russia’s Transportation Ministry is weighing options including buying or even nationalizing hundreds of Airbus SE and Boeing Co planes that lessors have demanded be returned …

  Bloomberg Dassault Aviation SA threatened to pull out of developing a future European fighter jet with Airbus SE over a protracted dispute between the two defense suppliers over leadership of the project. Talks between the French company and the German and Spanish arms of Airbus have reached an impasse and an agreement on moving to the next phase “still …

Bloomberg Gap Inc gave an optimistic projection for the current year, saying its strategic moves are starting to pay off, even though the apparel maker’s fourth-quarter results missed estimates on several key measures. The shares rose in late trading. For the current fiscal year, which ends in January, the retailer is projecting earnings per share in the range of $1.95 …