Bloomberg EasyJet Plc raised 1.2 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in a stock sale, cash that will help the low-cost UK carrier weather the slow winter and prepare for a rebound in leisure travel. Existing investors purchased 93% of the 301 million shares available in a rights offering at a discounted price of 410 pence each, EasyJet said on Tuesday in …

Bloomberg Demand for airplane-seat coverings that repel viruses and bacteria has soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, as carriers look to cut the time and cost of cleaning cabins. “The stakes are high for airlines,” said Quentin Munier, head of strategy and innovation at the seat division of aircraft-parts giant Safran SA. Tenders for new orders increasingly call for fabrics with …

Bloomberg Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc set an October 19 deadline for shareholders to vote on the hotly contested 7-billion-pound ($9.6 billion) takeover proposal by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC. Britain’s fourth-largest grocer published documents saying when shareholders will decide the outcome of what could be the country’s largest take-private deal in a decade. A vote of …