Bloomberg Prime London property has had a tough year, but there are signs that the slump is easing. The capital’s three most expensive boroughs—the City of Westminster, Camden, and Kensington and Chelsea—each saw sales jump by more than 20 percent in the third quarter from the same period in 2016, according to a report from LSL Acadata. The year-earlier period ...

Bloomberg Oracle Corp. agreed to buy Aconex Ltd., an Australian company that makes cloud-based collaboration software for construction projects, for $1.19 billion cash as it pushes deeper in to new markets to gain more customers. The deal values Aconex at A $7.80 per share. Aconex shares surged 44 percent to A$7.63 at 11:09 am in Sydney trading. Oracle has been ...

Bloomberg China’s top smartphone makers are ready to challenge Apple Inc. on its home turf after trouncing the iPhone maker in their own market. Huawei Technologies Co. and Xiaomi Corp. are in talks with US wireless operators about selling flagship smartphones to American consumers as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The handset makers are ...