New Delhi / Bloomberg As Bharti Airtel Ltd. prepares for more competition from the nation’s richest man, the government may be bracing for collateral damage. That’s because India’s largest mobile-phone carrier has bought enough airwaves in the past month to be able to provide 4G services everywhere in the country, reducing Bharti’s need to bid for spectrum in an …

Bloomberg Global finance ministers and central bankers pledged to step up their efforts to support growth, as chances rise of a broader slowdown and risks including refugee crises and a potential U.K. exit from the European Union threaten the world economy. “Downside risks to the global economic outlook have increased since October, raising the possibility of a more generalized slowdown …

  AP U.S. factory output dropped in March for the second straight month as manufacturers churned out fewer cars, metal parts and machinery. Yet other recent data suggests that the sector’s long-running malaise could brighten in the coming months. Factory production fell 0.3 percent last month, following a 0.1 percent drop in February, the Federal Reserve said. Those figures suggest …