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  Bloomberg Boeing Co. won a $22 billion deal from budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd., notching the planemaker’s largest-ever order from an Indian airline and strengthening its hold in a market dominated by Europe’s Airbus Group SE. The order includes 100 of Boeing’s 737 Max single-aisle jets and renegotiated terms for 55 previously ordered aircraft, SpiceJet said in a statement. The ...

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc’s pessimism about the impact of last year’s Brexit vote on the UK economy appears to have eased, with the Irish company planning to add nine new routes from London’s Stansted airport this summer and deploy a dozen more aircraft across the country. Europe’s biggest discount airline will serve Copenhagen three times daily and Naples daily, ...

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. expects to cut some management employees as it deepens efforts to reduce bureaucracy and catch up with the profit margins of industry leader Delta Air Lines Inc. The third-largest US carrier will “continue to finalize the remainder of our management team” after overhauling its roster of corporate officers last year, according to a memo ...

  Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is overhauling its e-commerce team and elevating executives from its recently acquired Jet.com business, aiming to better challenge Amazon.com Inc.with more selection and lower prices. The changes are meant to make Wal-Mart more “customer-centric,” Jet founder Marc Lore, who is now CEO of Wal-Mart’s e-commerce operation, said in a memo Friday that was obtained by ...

  Bloomberg Canada Goose Inc. is planning to go public as soon as next month, people with knowledge of the matter said, in an initial public offering that could value the company at about $2-billion. The Toronto-based retailer, backed by Bain Capital and known for its trademark $900 parkas with coyote fur-lined hoods, is aiming to go public in February ...

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. is benefiting from higher interest rates and increased fee income from cards and deposit accounts as Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan plans cost cuts and works to recover from a scandal in the retail banking unit. Fourth-quarter net interest income, a measure of earnings from customer deposits, climbed to $12.4 billion from $11.6 billion ...

  Reuters Bank of America Corp (BoA) reported a near-50-percent jump in fourth-quarter profit due to cost cuts and higher trading revenue, and its finance chief forecast sturdy income growth ahead thanks to rising interest rates. The Charlotte, N.C.-based lender’s earnings surged 47 percent in the quarter through Dec. 31 to $4.34 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $2.95 ...

  Bloomberg Against the most ‘Trumpian’ of odds, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is defying bearish bets and predicting Mexico’s peso will make a comeback this year. The worst performer among the world’s 16 major currencies so far in 2017 will rally 13 percent to 19 per dollar over the next 12 months on the view that the protectionist impact of ...

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. said fourth-quarter profit rose 24 percent as the biggest U.S. bank set aside less money for bad loans and bond-trading revenue increased more than analysts estimated. Earnings benefited from better credit quality among U.S. consumers and corporations, allowing the bank to pull about $400 million from bad-loan reserves in the mortgage, energy and metals ...

  Bloomberg This is so much more than a parting shot. With a week to go before Donald Trump becomes president, the Obama administration has unleashed a final, multiprong effort on enforcement and regulation in the automotive industry, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV now at the fore. On Friday alone, the US Environmental Protection Agency rejected automakers’ bid to weaken ...