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Southwest Airlines on Thursday extended its cancellation of 737 MAX flights through early August as the grounding of the Boeing Co jet continued and threatened to impact nearly all of the busy U.S. summer travel season.

South African state airline SA Express is under a form of bankruptcy protection known as business rescue, a spokeswoman for the airline said on Thursday.

Years ago, when Randy Tinseth was still running Boeing's sales account for United Airlines, the plane company's designers pulled him aside.

India should pursue consistent farm trade policies to help to avoid uncertainty among Canada's farmers, big suppliers of pulses to New Delhi, a Canadian government minister said on Thursday.

Israel Chemicals (ICL) reported a rise in quarterly earnings on Thursday, but said sales slipped due to a nearly one-month planned shutdown and upgrade of the company's Dead Sea facilities.

South Africa's heavily indebted sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Ltd has entered negotiations on the potential sale of Tongaat Hulett Starch, it said on Thursday, without providing details on the talks.

Boeing's plan to deliver 16 MAX aircraft this year to Norwegian Air is "unrealistic", the airline's chief financial officer said on Thursday.

China stocks closed lower on Thursday, after having gained for seven straight sessions, as Hubei province reported a sharp jump in new cases and deaths due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Aurubis AG, Europe's largest copper producer, on Thursday maintained its forecast of a stable financial year, although a scheduled maintenance shutdown at its main smelter hit its first-quarter numbers.

European information group Relx said it could not yet predict how coronavirus would hit its exhibitions business in China after it was forced to reschedule nine events in the country because of the outbreak.

South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Ltd has entered into negotiations on the potential sale of Tongaat Hulett Starch, it said on Thursday.

Henan Yuguang Gold and Lead, one of China's biggest lead and zinc producers, has cut zinc output by 50% amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a company executive said on Thursday.

Aurubis AG, Europe's largest copper producer, on Thursday repeated its forecast of stable earnings in its new financial year although a scheduled maintenance shutdown at its main smelter hit its first quarter results.

Henan Yuguang Gold and Lead, one of China's biggest lead and zinc producers, has cut zinc output by 50% in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a company executive said on Thursday.

Australia's South32 Ltd reported a 80% plunge in half-year profit on Thursday, as a trade war between China and the United States hit prices of its key products, but the miner's shares rose after it announced a special dividend.

Airbus is negotiating a preliminary order for up to 100 A220 jets as it prepares to buy out Bombardier's minority stake in the Canadian-designed jet, industry sources said.

Investors from at least five countries have expressed interest in Mexico's nascent lithium extraction and production industry, said Francisco Quiroga, the undersecretary for mining, after a promising find in the north of the country.

United Airlines said late on Wednesday it will extend cancellations of all U.S. flights to China through late April due to the coronavirus epidemic.

A federal judge on Wednesday said he was prepared to approve Philadelphia Energy Solutions' bankruptcy plan, including a $252 million sale of the oldest and largest East Coast oil refinery to Chicago-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners.

A federal judge on Wednesday said he was prepared to approve Philadelphia Energy Solutions' bankruptcy plan, including a $252 million sale of the oldest and largest East Coast oil refinery to Chicago-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners.