Norbert Reithofer chose a good moment to step down as BMW’s chief executive (he’s now the supervisory board chairman, a less high-profile role). When Reithofer made way for Harald Krueger in May 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency hadn’t yet publicly accused Volkswagen AG of cheating on diesel emissions, which would imperil an entire technology. That same year Trump announced ...

Bloomberg US equity futures steadied with European stocks as traders returned from American and UK holidays with a cautious outlook. The dollar advanced with Treasuries. Contracts on the S&P 500 fluctuated alongside those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100. The Stoxx Europe 600 index was steady, erasing earlier losses after better-than-forecast economic confidence data and as ...

Bloomberg Investors are taking a breather from the recent market rout that has wiped out almost $1.3 trillion from China’s stock market. The CSI 300 Index hasn’t moved more than 2 percent in either direction in the past seven sessions, the longest streak of calm since February. The index closed 1 percent higher on Tuesday. Volatility has dropped too, with ...