Bloomberg The UK economy appears to be on course for its best calendar quarter in almost two years, despite a weaker-than-expected performance in August. Gross domestic product grew 0.7 percent in the three months through August, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. In August alone, output was unchanged. Economists had predicted growth of 0.1 percent. However, a similar ...

Bloomberg British and European Union officials are locked in talks in Brussels over a compromise Brexit deal that could see the UK remain temporarily in the EU’s customs regime, people familiar with the negotiations said. With just a week before a crucial summit of EU leaders that could determine the outcome of Brexit, officials from each side are wrangling over ...

Bloomberg European Union governments tightened a proposed cap on carbon dioxide from cars in 2030, whittling away German resistance in a sign of heightened sensitivity across the bloc to road pollution. EU environment ministers set a CO2-reduction target for autos of 35 percent compared with 2021 in a bid to give a stronger spur to the development of electric vehicles. ...