Bloomberg German factory orders fell in November, partially offsetting an investment-driven surge the previous month. Orders, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, dropped 2.5 percent from October, when they jumped a revised 5 percent, data from the Economy Ministry in Berlin showed. That compares with a median estimate of a 2.4 percent decline in a Bloomberg survey. Orders gained …

  Bloomberg Homeowners in San Francisco’s sinking, tilting luxury high-rise are suing the city and the building’s developer over claims they hid engineering flaws for years. Twenty tenants who collectively paid about $75 million for condominiums allege the city and Millennium Partners knew as early as February 2009, before the units were sold, that the structure was unstable, sinking more …

    Bloomberg AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. said they can avoid having the Federal Communications Commission scrutinize their proposed merger, eliminating a significant hurdle in the path of the $85.4 billion deal that’s attracted criticism from President-elect Donald J. Trump. “While subject to change, it is currently anticipated that Time Warner will not need to transfer any of …