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Bloomberg The richest people in the UK are overwhelmingly middle-aged men living in London and the southeast, according to new analysis published on Tuesday. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the top 1% of taxpayers receive over 150,000 pounds ($182,000) a year and more than a third of them now live in the British capital. The findings, based on Her ...

Bloomberg Barneys New York Inc. is in talks with potential buyers of the rights to its name and trademarks as its advisers search for ways to salvage the luxury retailer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Potential buyers include Authentic Brands Group LLC, a brand management firm that has snapped up intellectual property from several retailers in recent ...

Bloomberg A rebound in German factory orders in June might be as good as the news gets this week from Europe’s largest economy. Manufacturing is already experiencing its worst slump in seven years, and declining business confidence has raised the risk of a recession. While orders jumped 2.5%, erasing the decline in May, industrial production data due on Wednesday are ...

Bloomberg It was caged and only hovered for about a minute, but it flew: a new flying car. Made by NEC Corp., the vehicle is essentially a large drone with four propellers that’s capable of carrying people. The Japanese electronics maker demonstrated the machine, flying without a passenger, at a Tokyo suburb on Monday. Powered by a battery, it rose ...

Bloomberg Gold imports by India in July tumbled to the lowest monthly inflow in more than three years as demand paused following record high prices in the domestic market. Overseas purchases fell 69% to 20.4 tons in July from 65.6 tons a year earlier, according to a person familiar with the data, who asked not to be identified as the ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is already reeling from Japan’s export curbs on three key materials needed to make semiconductors. An expanded list that includes machine technology could make it even harder for Samsung and South Korean carmakers to make their chips and cars (CNCs). The list of products being exported to Korea that could meet ...

Bloomberg Malaysia is confident it can reach an agreement with China to settle tensions in the South China Sea after its neighbors warned that incidents in the disputed waters had “eroded trust.” The country is “very hopeful” that a code of conduct for the area will be completed within the three-year deadline or earlier, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said ...

Bloomberg China responded to Donald Trump’s tariff threat with another escalation of the trade war on Monday, letting the yuan tumble to the weakest level in more than a decade and asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of US agricultural products. The moves are likely to further antagonise Trump, who has criticised Beijing for managing its currency unfairly and failing ...

Bloomberg Top Japanese companies including Sony Corp., Ricoh Co. and Asics Corp. are orchestrating shifts in production away from China, joining manufacturers from other countries seeking to sidestep US tariffs. Sony said last week that trade-war levies may cause it to raise prices or move production of PlayStation consoles, cameras and projectors outside of China, steps that could affect profit ...

Bloomberg UK government bonds rallied, driving benchmark yields to a record low, as global risk sentiment worsened and speculation swirled that the nation’s new Prime Minister is preparing for a general election. Ten-year gilt yields slipped below 0.5% for the first time on a potential increase in UK political uncertainty, with Premier Boris Johnson’s spending plans fueling speculation about a ...