Bloomberg A private gauge indicates that India’s manufacturing output slid to the lowest since the financial crisis as the roll out of a new nationwide sales tax disrupted supply chains across the country. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index was at 47.9 in July. A number below 50 indicates contraction. The outlook for the year ahead remains positive with …

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is working on a video chat device for the home — the first major hardware product from its experimental Building 8 lab. Featuring a laptop-sized touchscreen, the device represents a new product category and could be announced as soon as next spring’s F8 developer conference, according to people familiar with the matter. They say the large screen …

Bloomberg UK manufacturing growth accelerated for the first time in three months in July, bolstered by the strongest jump in export orders in seven years. A measure of factory output rose to 55.1 from a revised 54.2 in June, according to IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index. That exceeds the advance to 54.5 forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey and …