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Bloomberg US lawmakers plan to pressure the Trump administration to closely scrutinise T-Mobile US Inc.’s planned purchase of Sprint Corp., arguing the acquisition poses a threat to American security because the owner of Sprint has ties to Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co. A draft letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who leads a US national security review of the ...

Bloomberg Failure to reach a Brexit deal would wreak havoc on British business, especially manufacturers that rely on just-in-time supply chains. That’s the view of Business Minister Richard Harrington, who in an interview defended the right of companies to openly voice their concerns. “It would be completely disastrous for business in this country,”Harrington said. Four months after Prime Minister Theresa ...

Bloomberg The UK’s dominant services sector grew at the fastest pace in eight months in June, driving a bounce back in the nation’s economy and boosting the case for a Bank of England rate increase as soon as next month. The unexpected gain in the gauge of activity followed reports this week showing faster growth in manufacturing and construction. IHS ...

Bloomberg The euro area’s services sector expanded at a faster pace than initially estimated in June, as the industry drove a pick-up in the bloc’s growth momentum. A purchasing managers’ index for the region climbed to 55.2 last month, higher than an earlier flash estimate of 55 and up from 53.8 in May, IHS Markit said on Wednesday. The survey ...

Bloomberg It’s no secret that Google is set for another round of hefty antitrust fines. The decision could come as soon as July 18, judging by the gaping hole in the European Commission’s calendar the week after US President Donald Trump visits Brussels. But while the size of the penalty will grab the headlines — after last year’s record 2.4 ...

Bloomberg Tata Group, India’s biggest conglomerate, is evaluating a proposal to integrate its food and beverage businesses into a single company, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Mumbai-headquartered group is considering separating the salt and branded lentils businesses of Tata Chemicals Ltd. and folding them into Tata Global Beverages Ltd., according to the people who asked not to ...

Bloomberg The US moved to block China Mobile Ltd. from entering its telecommunications market on national security grounds, launching another salvo in the fight between the world’s two biggest economies days before they’re expected to impose tariffs on each other over trade. The Federal Communications Commission should deny state-backed China Mobile’s seven-year-old application to offer international voice traffic between the ...

Bloomberg Chinese companies are expected to cancel most of the remaining soybeans they have committed to buy from the US in the year ending on August 31 once the extra tariff on US imports takes effect from July 6. China is the world’s top soybean buyer and has yet to take delivery of about 1.14 million metric tonnes of US ...

Bloomberg One year after India introduced a consumption tax, the results have been mixed. Hailed as one of the biggest reforms by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the goods-and-services levy has helped increase tax collections in a country where compliance is historically low. While monthly receipts have picked up after a chaotic rollout, they are still not strong enough to meet ...

Bloomberg India’s top court refused to overturn a central bank ban on lenders from dealing in cryptocurrencies, a move that effectively outlaws the nascent industry in Asia’s third-largest economy. A bench headed, by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said the Reserve Bank of India’s directive prohibiting banks, financial institutions and other regulated institutions from providing any services related to virtual currencies ...