Bloomberg A majority of the UK cabinet considers Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to be dead and three factions are discussing other options, including a second referendum, The Times reported. The rival groups plan to make opposing demands to May at a meeting next week, the newspaper said, without saying how it got the information. One group — Works …

Bloomberg The government of Nigeria is suing Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Eni SpA and other companies for more than $1 billion over a 2011 oil deal it says was tainted by corruption. The suit, filed in London, alleges that money the companies paid to acquire an oil exploration license in the Gulf of Guinea was diverted to bribes and kickbacks, …

Bloomberg China’s home-price gains slowed in November in a further sign the nation’s property market is cooling. New-home prices rose an average 0.98 percent from October when they increased 1.02 percent in the 70 cities tracked by the government, according to Bloomberg calculations based on data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. November’s result snapped five straight months of …