International News

Bloomberg Facebook Inc., seeking to calm creators of articles and video after announcing a change in how their work will be promoted in its news feed, sent an email pledging to help them adapt. Stories and clips that draw comments and likes or are shared by users are more likely to be seen, Facebook said. The company will also continue ...

Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger got $36.3 million in compensation in 2017 as the company announced plans to acquire a majority of 21st Century Fox Inc. His pay will probably more than double in fiscal 2018. Iger, 66, received a $15.2 million cash bonus tied to results including segment operating income and return on invested capital, ...

Bloomberg Porsche SE’s board was ordered by a German court to answer critical shareholder questions about what management at Volkswagen AG and the carmaker’s majority investor knew about the diesel scandal and whether any evidence was destroyed. The holding company’s board must answer five questions originally asked at its 2016 annual shareholders meeting, a Stuttgart court said in two rulings ...

Bloomberg The world’s largest automotive alliance will invest as much as $1 billion to fund mobility startups over the next five years as it looks to make inroads with new technology at a time of rapid upheaval for the transportation sector. Carmaking partners Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will invest as much as $200 million during ...

Bloomberg Indian PM Narendra Modi eased restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) across several sectors, including allowing overseas airlines to invest in state carrier Air India Ltd., in a bid to revive growth in Asia’s third largest economy. Foreign carriers can buy up to 49 percent in the loss-making national airline, the government said in a statement. In a move ...

Bloomberg The UK economy will be paying the price for years to come if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to secure a Brexit agreement with European Union leaders. Leaving the bloc in March 2019 with no deal in place could result in a 6.5 percent hit to GDP by 2030, according to research published by Bloomberg Economics analysts Dan Hanson ...

Bloomberg Alabama edged out North Carolina as the winner in a multi-state contest for a prized Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. joint car factory worth $1.6 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said. The Japanese automakers have been narrowing the list of possible locations for months. Mazda and Toyota plan to announce their final choice in the ...

Bloomberg UK manufacturers posted a seventh consecutive month of expansion in November as sectors from food producers to makers of games and sports equipment increased output. Factory output rose 0.4 percent from October, the Office for National Statistics said. Overall industrial production also increased 0.4 percent, with a drop in temperatures boosting demand for energy. Separate figures show construction output ...

Bloomberg Business Secretary Greg Clark was expected to meet with PSA Group Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares seeking reassurances on the automaker’s UK manufacturing, as the government published a plan to provide the industry with confidence in Britain after Brexit. Clark will raise his concerns about the future of PSA’s Ellesmere Port site in his meeting with Tavares, according to ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is expanding its driverless delivery experiment beyond pizza by partnering with Postmates to test what it will take to eventually remove the driver from on-demand distribution. The carmaker and the startup, which connects consumers with drivers to deliver their groceries, take-out and other purchases, will team up this year on a pilot programme that explores how ...