Bloomberg India has banned the export of gold products with purity above 22 carats with immediate effect, a move that the industry sees as a way of curbing irregularities in the trade. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade issued a notice limiting shipments of jewelry, coins and medallions to 22 carats or below, without giving a reason. “The move may …

Bloomberg A day after belatedly faulting white supremacists for deadly clashes in Virginia, President Donald Trump returned to his controversial position that there was “blame on both sides” for the weekend violence — remarks that caught his own aides off-guard. “You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that …

Bloomberg Martin Schulz, the former head of the European Parliament who is leading Germany’s Social Democratic Party into next month’s election, said that the UK government risks further complicating Brexit negotiations by producing a series of position papers for the talks. Schulz, who’s trailing in his race to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel, also signaled he wants to keep her handling …