Bloomberg Electricite de France SA plans to sell about €4 billion of new shares and deepen cost cuts to bolster its finances as the company works to decide whether to move forward with a controversial nuclear power plant project in the U.K. EDF will submit a plan for the capital increase by the closing date of its 2016 accounts, …

  Hanover / AFP Opponents of a proposed transatlantic trade deal hope to draw tens of thousands onto German streets Saturday, on the eve of a visit by US President Barack Obama. Obama’s trip — to open an industrial technology fair in the northern city of Hanover and hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders — was intended …

  HARRINGTON / AP Top aides spent the week gingerly courting Republican insiders at a seaside resort in Florida, but front-runner Donald Trump was busy railing against them. While it may seem counterproductive, Trump’s foot-stomping has served as a rallying cry to boost voter turnout and allowed him to continue to appeal to voters who feel disenfranchised. The “rigged” system …