Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co mechanics approved a new contract that provides pay increases and a retroactive bonus, closing out more than six years of negotiations that included a lawsuit and an alleged worker slowdown. The five-year agreement won 95 percent support from the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the union said. About 94 percent of eligible voters participated. The approval …

Bloomberg Trade tensions have derailed the global economy, plunging it onto a low-growth track that’s clouded by risks, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) latest outlook. The report sticks to the gloomy tone long held by the Paris-based organisation, which has warned that trade disruptions could ricochet throughout the world economy. Now that scenario has come …

Bloomberg Centrica Plc kept its full-year outlook and said the rate of customers leaving the UK’s biggest energy supplier is slowing. Shares rose the most since September. The utility still sees adjusted operating cash flow for the full year of between 1.8 billion pounds ($1.38 billion) and 2 billion pounds, it said in a trading statement. Centrica lost 234,000 energy …