Budget carrier Flyadeal reversed a commitment to buy as many as 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, becoming the first airline to officially drop the plane since its grounding following two deadly crashes.
Procter & Gamble, facing an industrywide backlash against consumer waste, is seeking a patent that would help it develop recyclable versions of absorbent products including diapers, sanitary products and even Swiffer pads.
The software — plagued by issues that could keep the planes grounded months longer after U.S. regulators have revealed a new flaw — was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs.
Entrepreneurship in the competitive cocaine market is evident from innovative distribution strategies that appear to reflect the type of disruption seen in other industries.
For nearly a decade, Tata Group has been Inditex SA’s partner running Zara stores in India. Now, the country’s largest conglomerate is building its own apparel empire as trend-focused as Zara — but at half the price.
Delivering cargo to the farthest reaches of the world’s biggest archipelago has forever been a challenge. Indonesia’s biggest airline sees a solution in drones.
Until recently, the U.S. dairy industry had been relatively quiet about the proliferation of non-dairy products that use words like “milk” or “cheese.” But lately it’s been pushing back.
Over the past two decades, China’s Huawei Technologies has come to dominate the global telecom equipment market, winning contracts with a mix of sophisticated technology and attractive prices. Now, with Huawei at the center of a U.S.-China trade war, the tide is turning.
