Bloomberg European Union negotiators approved the first bloc-wide rules to prevent foreign investments from threatening national security in a sign of growing political unease over Chinese acquisitions. Representatives of EU governments and the European Parliament agreed on draft legislation to screen foreign direct investments (FDI). The deal in Brussels ends 14 months of deliberations over an initiative that for years ...

Bloomberg Shares of Boston Scientific Corp fell the most in more than three years, after the medical device company said it would buy BTG Plc for 3.3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion). While the deal will give Boston Scientific new products for the treatment of cancer and other disorders, it will add to the US company’s debt. It also likely takes ...

Bloomberg After months of setbacks, Mexico is now on the cusp of rolling out an automatic tax payment system that forms a key part of its effort to crack down on evasion. And the government scored a marquee name — Uber Technologies Inc — to be its first participant, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. For Mexico, it’s ...