Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’s ready to defend the interests of European Union members in Brexit negotiations and doesn’t see any reason for the process to be delayed by the results of the UK’s election. “We will try to defend the interests of our 27 members states, and Great Britain will defend its own interests,” Merkel said in ...

Bloomberg Sweden unveiled a softer plan for filling the country’s bank resolution reserve following threats from Nordea Bank AB that it may shift its headquarters from Stockholm to a more accommodating regulatory environment. Sweden will keep a cap on the size of the resolution reserve, instead of allowing it to grow indefinitely, the Finance Ministry said. The government stuck to ...

Bloomberg A former Societe Generale SA managing director was charged in a French insider-trading case linked to Air Liquide SA’s $13.2 billion takeover of Stephane Fima, a managing director who specialized in acquisition financing, was charged by an investigative judge following raids last year at the bank’s headquarters in the La Defense business district in western Paris. The criminal charges ...