[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) and Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) are bumping thousands of passengers off airplanes after their Boeing 737 MAX fleet’s was grounded in mid-March following two fatal crashes.
Online spending helps UK retail sales grow unexpectedly in July
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British retail sales unexpectedly edged up in July, helped by the strongest growth in online spending in three years, as consumers continued to support the economy before the Oct. 31 Brexit
Merkel protege says priority is to invest as economy stutters
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s conservatives said on Thursday speeding up investment must be a priority as fears of recession in Europe’s biggest economy grow, and that strict fiscal rules have flexibility
JBS mulls acquisitions and U.S. listing after strong second quarter, shares soar

[ad_1] SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA will consider acquisitions to make the most of opportunities in export markets but only in geographies where it already operates to guarantee synergies among existing businesses.
UPS buys stake in TuSimple, testing self-driving trucks in Arizona
[ad_1] DETROIT (Reuters) – UPS said on Thursday it has bought a minority stake in self-driving company TuSimple, and the world’s largest package delivery company has been testing the startup’s autonomous trucks since May on
China to counter latest U.S. tariffs as Trump vows deal on U.S. terms
[ad_1] BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China on Thursday vowed to counter the latest U.S. tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods but called on the United States to meet it halfway on a potential trade deal,
Trump says China should treat Hong Kong ‘humanely’ before trade deal can be agreed
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China wants to make a trade deal but it should treat Hong Kong “humanely” first, explicitly tying a trade agreement to a peaceful resolution
Maersk warns trade war could hurt container business
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk warned a trade war between the United States and China could curb container traffic this year after the world’s largest container shipping company beat second-quarter profit expectations. Some of
Relentless rise of consumer debt in Russia fuels bubble fears for some
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Natalia Leontyeva, a Siberian sales manager, bought a second hand car in 2013 with a loan worth about four monthly salaries. She now owes the equivalent of at least four years
VMWare in talks to buy Pivotal Software; both controlled by Dell

[ad_1] (Reuters) – VMware Inc and Pivotal Software Inc are negotiating a deal for VMWare to acquire Pivotal, according to a regulatory filing from Dell Technologies Inc on Wednesday, valuing Pivotal, a maker of software