Bloomberg US health insurers signaled that they’re willing to give up a cornerstone provision of Obamacare that requires all Americans to have insurance, replacing it with a different set of incentives less loathed by Republicans who have promised to repeal the law. Known as the “individual mandate,” the rule was a major priority for the insurance industry when the …

  Bloomberg Growth in UK home prices accelerated in November as the market overcame a stamp-duty surcharge and mortgage-approval rates picked up, though confidence slid to a three-year low. Values rose 6.6 percent in November from a year earlier, according to data published by mortgage lender Halifax. Prices were up 0.2 percent on the month, the third consecutive increase, pushing …

  London / AFP Britain will ban junk food ads aimed at children from both print and social media from next year, the advertising rules watchdog said on Thursday, a move welcomed by campaigners against child obesity. The new rules, which come into effect in July 2017, extend an existing ban on television ads for “high fat, salt or sugar …