NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - Beth Martin may be a designer in Charleston, South Carolina, but, in her head, she is in the south of France, touring a 1700s chateau. Real estate site Zillow ( ZG ) is where Martin tends to take a break, procrastinate and wonder what she would buy if money were no object. I'm not...

EVENDALE, Ohio, June 19 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric engine with the hopes it will power next-generation narrow-body jets by the middle of the next decade. While the technology is still being tested, should GE be successful, it could produce hybrid-engine jets - like a Toyota Prius of the skies - that would go a long...

EVENDALE, Ohio, June 19 (Reuters) - A GE Aerospace executive said on Wednesday global supply chains will likely remain challenged even next year, despite a production slowdown at Boeing ( BA ). Russel Stokes, head of GE Aerospace's commercial engines and services, said while the company is aligned with Boeing's ( BA ) production rates for this year, it is...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Sales fell for the first time ever at China's blowout mid-year e-commerce sales festival as consumers remain cautious about spending as the economy sputters, according to third-party data estimates released on Wednesday. Combined gross merchandise volume (GMV), a widely used proxy for e-commerce sales, reached 742.8 billion yuan ($102.36 billion) across China's major online platforms during the so...