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Antitrust agency challenges AT&T, Time Warner deal

Bloomberg Brazil’s antitrust watchdog weighed in on AT&T Inc.’s $85.4 billion deal for Time Warner Inc., saying it sees a high anti-competitive risk. The nation’s telecommunications regulator had asked the antitrust agency known as Cade in June to review the deal, saying remedies should be adopted because it may negatively affect Brazil’s pay-TV market. The merger combines one of the ...

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Swiss watch exports look up

Bloomberg Swiss watch exports climbed for a fourth month as growth in higher-end mechanical timepieces made up for a decline in cheaper quartz models. Shipments rose 3.6 percent to $1.8 billion in July, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said on Tuesday. Exports of watches wholesaling for more than 3,000 francs rose 5.9 percent, offsetting an 18 percent slump ...

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‘Scrap dirty diesel cars to avail cash offer’

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. became the latest automaker to offer cash to UK drivers if they scrap the most polluting vehicles on the roads, targeting about 15 million cars and vans across the country. From September 1 to December 31, Ford will offer to pay drivers as much as $5,200 for cars and 7,000 pounds for vans if they replace ...

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