Bloomberg Sprint Corp. has started preliminary conversations to merge with T-Mobile US Inc., the latest attempt to consolidate in a market watched closely by US regulators, according to people familiar with the matter. Executives of both SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint’s largest shareholder, and Sprint itself have had informal contact with T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom AG about a transaction, said the …

Bloomberg Home Capital Group Inc. said it’s seeking new sources of funding to counter a run on deposits and warned a failure of the Canadian lender would have “significant knock-on effects” in the mortgage market. The struggling lender has “breathing room” to stabilize finances and pursue options following an C$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) plunge in deposits and a 60 percent …

With Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, there’s a widespread belief that populism is on the rise in the developed world. Writers and thinkers darkly warn of a crisis if elites don’t accede to the demands — explicit or assumed — of the working class. As I wrote in a previous post, it’s very hard to define whom to …