Bloomberg Nestle SA expects to get about a quarter of a billion dollars in extra revenue from Starbucks-branded products this year after it began selling items including Nespresso-compatible capsules under a partnership with the US coffee giant. Starbucks-branded merchandise will add about 250 million Swiss francs ($252 million) to sales this year, a spokesman said in response to questions. Last …

Bloomberg South Africa’s government ruled out an intervention in the ongoing battle between the struggling state airline and unions leading a strike, with public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan refusing to step in to fund wage demands. The state has already given South African Airways (SAA) more than $1.4 billion over the past three years, Gordhan said in an emailed statement. …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc plans to become the first carrier to offset carbon emissions from all its flights as the aviation industry responds to a growing outcry over its contribution to climate change. “It’s not to say that this is the perfect solution, we know it’s an interim step before new technologies come into play,” CEO Johan Lundgren told Bloomberg TV. …