Bloomberg AT&T Inc.’s wait is finally over. Nearly two years after inking an $85.4 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Inc., the phone giant will learn on Tuesday whether a federal judge in Washington will grant the US Justice Department’s request to block the takeover on antitrust grounds. The decision hinges on whether the combination of AT&T’s pay-TV and mobile-phone ...

Bloomberg UK manufacturing output fell the most in 5 1/2 years in April and construction posted a smaller-than- expected gain, casting fresh doubt over the health of the economy. The pound fell. Factory production shrank 1.4 percent, the most since 2012, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists had expected an increase. Building output rose 0.5 percent, well short of ...

Bloomberg After more than a year of vicious accusations and a flurry of lawsuits and counter claims, Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc’s multi-billion-dollar legal dispute is about to get serious. Hearings in the three most important markets — US, China and Germany — will soon determine whether Apple’s attempt to save itself billions in technology licensing payments by forcing one ...