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Tesla set to hit delivery record in rebound from supply strains

Bloomberg Tesla Inc is expected to announce record quarterly deliveries as the electric-vehicle giant tries to recover from supply-chain snarls that crimped output earlier this year. The totals are poised for release this weekend once Tesla finishes sales, the last day of the quarter. Deliveries are one of the most closely watched metrics by investors, underpinning Tesla’s financial results and ...

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Intel’s self-driving technology Mobileye unit files for IPO

  Bloomberg Intel Corp. has filed for an initial public offering of its self-driving technology business, Mobileye Global Inc., braving the worst market for new US listings since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. The company didn’t disclose terms of the planned share sale in its filing Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Mobileye will continue ...

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French car sales pursue rebound in September

  Bloomberg French new car registrations extended a rebound in September, after being hit by the fallout from the war in Ukraine in the first half of the year. France’s new passenger car sales rise 5.5% from a year earlier to 141,142, the PFA auto association said in a statement. That followed a pick-up in sales starting in August. Earlier ...

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German inflation hits double digits for first time in euro area

  Bloomberg German inflation reached double digits for the first time since the euro was introduced more than 20 years ago, surging more than anticipated after temporary government-relief measures ended and Europe’s energy crisis worsened. Consumer prices jumped 10.9% from a year ago in September, topping August’s 8.8% advance, the Federal Statistics Office said. That’s more than the 10.2% economists ...

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US jobless claims fall to lowest since late April

  Bloomberg Applications for US unemployment insurance dropped unexpectedly to a five-month low, led by a sizable decline in Michigan, suggesting robust demand for workers amid economic uncertainty. Initial unemployment claims decreased by 16,000 to 193,000 in the week ended September 24, after downward revision in the prior week, Labour Department data showed. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey ...

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Canadian economy sputters into lower gear as interest rates bite

  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, ...

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Porsche rises in landmark IPO

  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 ...

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Cost of average UK mortgage may rise 70% by March

  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 ...

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UK’s biggest tax cuts since 1972 trigger crash in pound, bonds

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 ...

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Gas shortage: Germany steps up preparations for emergency rationing

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 ...

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