Bloomberg Dennis Muilenburg, the former chief executive officer of Boeing Co who stepped down during the 737 Max crisis, has filed for a blank-check company. His special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is called New Vista Acquisition and is seeking to raise $200 million, a filing showed, which confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report. It intends to focus on finding a …

Bloomberg Hormel Foods Corp is nearing a deal to buy the Planters snack business from Kraft Heinz Co in a deal valuing the peanut brand at about $3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. A deal could be reached as soon as next week, according to the person, who did not want to be identified discussing the …

Bloomberg The rally in global stock markets extended into a third day on Wednesday as companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Vodafone Group Plc posted strong results and the retail-trading frenzy subsided. The Stoxx 600 Index climbed 0.7%, with most sectors in the green as corporate results rolled in. Italian stocks and bonds surged after Mario Draghi, the former European Central …