Bloomberg The U.K. labor market showed continued strength before the country’s decision to leave the European Union. The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in the three months through May, the lowest since the third quarter of 2005, the Office for National Statistics in London said on Wednesday. Economists in a Bloomberg survey had expected the rate to stay ...

  Bloomberg Embattled German auto giant Volkswagen said on Wednesday it booked a charge of 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in the first six months in relation to engine-rigging scandal, but its operating performance before that charge was better than expected. “The operating result for the Volkswagen group before special items is significantly higher than market expectations for the first ...

  Bloomberg Germany, one of Europe’s cheapest stock markets, is starting to see a resurgence in investor interest. Months of withdrawals from exchange-traded funds tracking German stocks are beginning to reverse amid a stabilizing euro and improving prospects for the country’s exporters. The biggest ETF following the shares just had three consecutive weeks of inflows for the first time since ...