Bloomberg The chorus of bullish voices in favour of the pound is growing as investors become more confident the ruling Conservatives will win next month’s UK election. Funds are increasingly betting on the currency to strengthen as Boris Johnson’s party extends a lead against left-wing Labour in polls for the December 12 vote. BlackRock Inc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc …

Bloomberg Italy risked failure in its latest attempt to bail out bankrupt airline Alitalia, after two companies involved in the rescue got cold feet, raising the prospect of at least a temporary nationalisation of the carrier. State rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA (FS) said that conditions aren’t in place to form a group to save the airline from …

Bloomberg A Boeing Co lawyer said the aircraft maker has reached settlements in more than 60 wrongful death cases filed after a 737 Max 8 plane flown by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people aboard. Attorney Dan Webb told US District Judge Jorge L Alonso in Chicago that Boeing has reached agreements involving 63 or …