Bloomberg The UK is seeking to regain momentum in so-far sluggish Brexit negotiations by publishing this week the first outline of its positions as two key ministers issued a joint declaration on a the post-European Union transition period, ending their disagreement over the issue. The government plans to issue the first of three discussion papers ahead of the next round ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel hit the campaign trail with a swipe at German auto executives for a diesel cheating scandal, sounding a pro-labour message she’ll use to counter her Social Democratic Party challenger leading up to the country’s Sept. 24 election. As polls give Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union-led bloc a wide lead over the SPD with six weeks of campaigning ...

Bloomberg The former Google engineer, whose controversial memo has triggered a nationwide debate on gender differences and diversity efforts in technology, defended his views in an interview Wednesday with Bloomberg Television, saying company executives are smearing him in its wake. James Damore, who until Monday worked as an engineer on video and image search at Alphabet Inc.’s Mountain View, California, ...