Bloomberg WPP Plc Chief Executive Officer Mark Read is off to a disappointing start for investors with a cut to the ad giant’s outlook, triggering the company’s biggest share slump in almost two decades. The owner of Ogilvy, Grey and J. Walter Thompson said it now expects sales to fall this year and its profit margin to decline as it ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. shares had their worst day since 2014 amid concerns that growth in its powerhouse product, the iPhone, is slowing. In the fiscal fourth quarter, Apple said iPhone unit sales barely grew from a year earlier, even though new flagship devices came out in the period. At the same time, Apple said it would stop providing unit sales ...

Bloomberg German business sentiment deteriorated amid signs economic growth ground to a temporary halt and as risks surrounding a US-China trade spat and a disorderly Brexit increased. The Ifo institute’s gauge of corporate confidence fell to 102.8 in October after a drop to 103.7 in Sep- tember. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey was for a decline to 103.2. ...