Bloomberg Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. will rein in third-party selling of their phone-location data after a prison contractor let law-enforcement officers track wireless customers without authorisation. The two largest US wireless carrier announced the move in response to a plea from Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon. The legislator had demanded last month that carriers and the ...

Bloomberg IHeartMedia Inc, the biggest US radio broadcaster, formally turned down a $1.16 billion bid from John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp., but other talks are continuing as the company navigates its way through bankruptcy. Liberty officially withdrew its bid June 15 after being informed that its offer for a 40 percent stake wasn’t enough to satisfy the company or its ...

Bloomberg Canada’s economy is stuck in a soft patch, but analysts remain optimistic a rebound and further interest-rate hikes are still in the cards. Data over last month reveal an economy struggling to find its footing and hobbled by headwinds ranging from trade frictions with the US to a slowing housing market and poor weat-her. Still, economists remain convinced that ...