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Mazda, Mexico to be hit by US auto tariffs

Bloomberg Automakers including Mazda Motor Corp. and countries led by Mexico should buckle up: their car businesses could be in for a bumpy ride, thanks to US President Donald Trump. Trump instructed his Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider conducting an investigation into whether auto imports are weakening the American economy and may impair national security. The Commerce Department said ...

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CapCo mulls splitting firm as property market diverges

Bloomberg The poster boy for London’s two-tier property market may be split in two. The board of Capital & Counties Properties Plc is considering dividing the company into a landlord that owns much of the Covent Garden neighborhood and a developer that owns land in the Earls Court district. Both companies would be publicly traded if the demerger goes ahead, ...

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Diesel cars to die out in Tesla-like future, says EU regulator

Bloomberg Consumers may do as much as regulators to propel the car sector into the electricity-powered age foreseen by Tesla Inc., according to the European Union’s industrial-policy chief. European Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska said the EU has had a “breakthrough moment” since Germany-based Volkswagen AG admitted in 2015 that it fitted diesel engines with software to cheat US checks on smog-causing ...

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