Bloomberg Tesco plans to cut 4,500 jobs as the supermarket operator slims down hundreds of stores and adds to the mounting toll on employment in UK shopping districts. Britain’s biggest retailer said it will streamline operations at its 153 medium-size Metro stores in city centers, while reducing opening hours at 134 Express convenience stores. The moves announced come on top …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co are trumpeting new efforts to cater to lucrative business travellers. Southwest, which pioneered a discount strategy aimed at budget flyers, will give corporate travel managers greater control over bookings. American is wooing them with free preferred seats and priority access through security checkpoints. The moves, announced at the Global Business Travel …

SHABWA/ WAM The United Arab Emirates through its humanitarian arm — the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) — has provided relief aid to people affected by heavy floods in Merkhah As Sufla District in Shabwa, Yemen. The ERC team distributed 800 food baskets to 4,720 citizens and provided shelter camps for Yemenis whose homes were damaged by the floods. The move …