International News

  Bloomberg Canadian economic activity remained weak through the summer and job vacancies fall, a clear sign growth has begun to sharply slow down. Gross domestic product was flat in August, preliminary data from Statistics Canada show, after gaining just 0.1% in July and June. Since April, growth has averaged just 0.1% on a monthly basis. In a separate report, ...

  Bloomberg Porsche AG gained during its trading debut after parent Volkswagen AG set the final listing price for the sports-car company at the upper limit in defiance of market upheaval. The maker of the 911 rises as much as 2.9% to €84.88 in Frankfurt, against a decline of as much as 2% in Germany’s leading DAX index. The offer ...

  Bloomberg Tremors are continuing to ripple through the UK mortgage market despite the Bank of England’s intervention to calm financial turbulence. Higher borrowing costs for lenders means the average monthly cost of a two-year fixed-rate mortgage will rise by 70% by March from January this year, Bloomberg Economics estimates. The cost of a two-year fixed-rate mortgage on an average-priced ...

Bloomberg Liz Truss’s new UK government delivered the most sweeping tax cuts since 1972, slashing levies on rich households and companies in a bid to boost economic growth in a move that triggered a massive market selloff of the currency and bonds. Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced a series of tax cuts and regulatory reforms that will cost ...

Bloomberg Germany is stepping up preparations for a gas emergency that would require rationing for the country’s biggest companies this winter as Russia’s squeezes flows to Europe. In a sign of growing urgency, the regulator will next Wednesday present to lawmakers a digital security platform to identify the “non-protected” consumers that will bear the brunt of rationing. That includes Germany’s ...

  Bloomberg President Joe Biden’s administration has slashed its target for Covid-19 vaccine donations abroad this year, amending a contract with Pfizer Inc. in the latest sign that world demand for the shots has collapsed. Under the revised deal, a total of 600 million Pfizer doses will be made available to the US by the end of the year, giving ...

  Bloomberg Salesforce Inc. Co-Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff said the company will continue to make acquisitions, while focusing more immediately on integrating companies it already bought. “We’ve bought 60 companies — we’ll always buy companies,” Benioff said in an interview with Bloomberg Television from the software giant’s annual Dreamforce conference. Meanwhile, Salesforce is still integrating employees of recently acquired ...

  Bloomberg FedEx Corp. declined after the new CEO’s plan to cut costs and raise shipping rates fell flat with Wall Street, leaving investors concerned about deep challenges including slowing demand and elevated expenses. The courier said it will cut flights, defer projects and close offices as it seeks as much as $2.7 billion in savings this fiscal year. The ...

  Bloomberg Oyo Hotels, the once high-flying Indian startup, is reviving plans for a stock-market debut after cost cuts and a recovery in travel helped it reduce losses. The hotel-booking company filed fresh financial documents and is now targeting an initial public offering in early 2023 provided that India’s stock market continues to hold up and economic conditions improve, according ...

  Bloomberg Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s ascent to rank as the world’s second-richest person has helped fuel a world-beating jump in the nation’s stocks and bolstered their clout among emerging-market equities. Eight firms controlled by Adani’s ports-to-power conglomerate, including recent cement acquisitions, have contributed more than a fifth of the 109-member MSCI India Index’s surge since end-June, data compiled by ...