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Bloomberg UK inflation unexpectedly held at 2.4 percent last month as cheaper clothing and computer games offset the rising cost of filling up a vehicle. The pound weakened as investors pared bets that the Bank of England will raise interest rates next month. Consumer prices were unchanged from May, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. Annual inflation was ...

Bloomberg After the drama of President Donald Trump’s widely criticized news conference with President Vladimir Putin, one agreement the two leaders reached on the business front may go forward, according to the head of the Kremlin-backed Russian Direct Investment Fund. Kirill Dmitriev, an ally of Putin who heads the sovereign wealth fund sanctioned by the US, says American businesses are ...

Bloomberg Hundreds of German Tesla Inc. Model S drivers have been ordered to pay back a 4,000 euro electric-vehicle subsidy after a government agency deemed their luxury cars too expensive to qualify for the programme. Some 800 drivers who bought their cars before March 6 and have received the so-called “environmental bonus” will have to return it, Germany’s Federal Office ...

Bloomberg The home crowd that cheered on Russia’s run to the quarterfinals of the soccer World Cup may have been too preoccupied to do much shopping. Countries staging the world’s most-watched sporting event have a poor record when it comes to economic benefits off the pitch. In the three past World Cups, South Africa — the only host nation whose ...

Bloomberg India has recommended imposing a 25 percent safeguard duty on solar cells from China and Malaysia, saying the overseas supplies have caused or threatened “serious injury” to domestic manufacturers. Under the proposed plan, the safeguard duty would be applicable for two years, India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, a unit of the commerce ministry, said in the conclusion of ...

Bloomberg BMW AG is the first overseas carmaker to get a potential toehold in Chinese electric-car battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., obtaining the right to make an equity investment of as much as $427 million. BMW Brilliance, the German carmaker’s Chinese joint venture, is entitled to invest in CATL if the company plans to sell shares in China ...

Bloomberg Pinduoduo Inc., the Chinese e-commerce operator backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., plans to raise as much as $1.6 billion in a US initial public offering to bankroll a fight against rivals like Alibaba. The Shanghai-based firm is offering 85.6 million American Depositary Shares at $16 to $19 apiece, it said in a stock exchange filing. Tencent, the leader in ...

Bloomberg Anbang Insurance Group Co. is weighing a sale of its Hexie Health Insurance Co. unit as the troubled Chinese firm reviews its assets for possible divestment, according to people familiar with the matter. The insurer is in discussions with financial advisers about a possible disposal of the unit after receiving interest, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

Bloomberg ZTE Corp. will take several weeks to get its business back on track after gaining its freedom from a game-ending US technology ban, people familiar with the matter said. The Chinese telecommunications equipment maker is dealing with a worker shortage as it awaits shipments of key components from US suppliers like Qualcomm Inc., the people said, asking not to ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration is hitting back at what it considers unjustified retaliatory tariffs that were imposed in response to US steel and aluminum duties. The US Trade Representative said it launched formal challenges at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey for retaliating against steel and aluminum tariffs. The Trump administration earlier ...