Bloomberg Euro-area economic confidence slipped in February, the latest number to show momentum in the region is taking a breather after the best year in a decade. The European Commission’s index of sentiment fell to 114.1 from 114.9, broadly in line with expectations. That’s the second consecutive monthly decline after the index touched a 17-year high in December. The business ...

Bloomberg Aston Martin Holdings Ltd. is looking for a “big brother” partner in order to survive as a low-volume, luxury carmaker, even after it posted its first profit in eight years and prepares for a potential initial public offering. The manufacturer famous for making film spy James Bond’s favourite car could use a combination of capital raised from an IPO ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. failed again to get out of a lawsuit alleging its photo scanning technology flouts users’ privacy rights. A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the world’s largest social network must face claims that it violated the privacy of millions of users by gathering and storing biometric data without their consent. Alphabet Inc.’s Google is fighting similar ...