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Bloomberg Denso Corp, Toyota Motor Corp’s top supplier, says production at the automaker should recover swiftly, leaving Denso on track to beat its own profit forecast for the current fiscal year. Denso will likely take a profit hit of about 20 billion yen ($182 million) to 30 billion yen in September due to Toyota’s production cuts, Chief Financial Officer Yasushi ...

Bloomberg A tax break on property purchases played a smaller part than commonly thought in the UK’s pandemic housing boom, according to a report that accuses Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak of wasting billions of pounds of public money. The analysis by the Resolution Foundation claims that the build-up of savings during lockdowns, changes in housing preferences and cheaper ...

Bloomberg German exporters are facing increasing pressure in their home market from Chinese exports to the EU, according to a study by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. Chinese exports to the region contain more and more sophisticated industrial goods — such as machinery, pharmaceutical and automotive products — which have long been considered the domain of German manufacturers. According ...

Bloomberg Portugal will ease limits on the size of groups that can be seated at restaurants as it takes the next step in a plan to gradually lift restrictions put in place to contain the pandemic. Restaurants will be able to host groups of as many as eight people indoors and 15 people in outdoor seating, Presidency Minister Mariana Vieira ...

Bloomberg Italy and Spain are set to record the fastest pace of economic expansion this year in more than four decades, a strong rebound that will help the countries overcome last year’s deep recession. Spain’s GDP will expand 6.2% in 2021, while Italy will record a rate of 5.6%, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. That’s a 0.3 and ...

Bloomberg Money transfer startup WorldRemit Ltd is seeking to raise cash at a valuation of about $5 billion ahead of a potential initial public offering. The London-based company is in talks with investors about a funding round, though the deal hasn’t been finalised and terms may still change, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information. The ...

Bloomberg Mexico is evaluating how to regulate worker conditions in the nation’s fast growing gig economy, which could involve legal changes, said Labour Minister Luisa Maria Alcalde. The country is working with the Social Security Institute and Mexico City authorities on a plan to regulate digital platforms, Alcalde said in an interview. There’s no proposal yet, she said, but there ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can expect mostly good news from economic data during Canada’s five-week election campaign. But there’s one potential trouble spot for him: consumer prices. A Statistics Canada report is expected to show that price inflation accelerated in July to almost the fastest rate in two decades. Economists estimate that consumer prices jumped 3.4% last month on ...

Bloomberg Ukraine’s economy fell back into recession as fallout from the pandemic continued to weigh and interest rates were lifted to tackle soaring inflation. Second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) shrank a seasonally adjusted 0.8% after falling 1.2% in the previous three months, preliminary data Monday showed. On an annual basis, it ended more than a year of contraction, advancing by ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc said an investigation confirmed about 7.8 million current users had information stolen along with more than 40 million records from past or prospective customers who’d applied for credit in a cyberattack. The stolen information included customers’ full names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and IDs such as drivers licenses, the Bellevue, Washington-based company said in ...