Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc jumped to the highest level since the Brexit vote after it boosted the dividend and said lending margins would hold up amid record-low U.K. interest rates. Shares in Britain’s largest mortgage lender climbed as much as 4.1 percent to their highest price since June 23. Excluding one-time charges, pretax profit rose 2 percent to …

  Bloomberg The Bundesbank may be about to put a price tag on the European Central Bank’s exit from unconventional stimulus. The German central bank is bracing for losses that may be triggered when the ECB eventually unwinds its bond-buying program and raises interest rates, and President Jens Weidmann has the opportunity to address the matter when he presents his …

  Bloomberg Earlier this month, Apple Inc. poached the chief of Amazon’s Fire TV unit to run its television operations. Timothy D. Twerdhal brings hardware and content experience to his new gig, and his hiring suggests a renewed focus on the Apple TV set-top box. Twerdhal’s arrival comes as the company tests a new, fifth-generation Apple TV that it may …