Bloomberg It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. The Max software — plagued by issues that could keep …

Bloomberg Poland’s biggest retailers fall as the government pulls forward plans to restore a controversial sales tax to September. The Polish cabinet updated its legislation agenda on Tuesday, which includes fast-tracking a levy that was suspended for three years amid a European Union probe on whether it constituted illegal state aid. In May, Poland won a challenge against the European …

Bloomberg Cosmetics maker Coty Inc will take a $3 billion writedown — about a third of its market capitalisation — as its aging mass-market brands face new competition from savvy upstarts in the booming beauty industry. The company, under pressure to turn its business around as revenues stagnate, laid out the first steps of a turnaround plan intended to revive …