PARIS / AFP President Francois Hollande said he expected the French economy to perform better than expected this year and add at least 200,000 new jobs, as the deeply unpopular leader shifts into campaign mode ahead of next year’s elections. In an interview published Wednesday on the website of Les Echos daily, the Socialist president also repeated a promise …

  Bloomberg U.K. bonds are closing the first half with a 12 percent gain, more than double what Treasuries have returned, on concern Britain’s decision to leave the European Union will drive the nation into recession. The extra yield 10-year Treasuries offer over same-maturity gilts widened to 57 basis points Wednesday, the biggest difference since December 2000. Yields plunged globally …

  Bloomberg The odds of Deutsche Boerse AG successfully taking over London Stock Exchange Group Plc is just 26 percent after the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union raised questions about the deal’s logic. That’s according to the average estimate of 25 event-driven desks, equity analysts and fund managers surveyed by Bloomberg News. A common market calculation based on …