Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said the US Securities and Exchange Commission and states’ attorneys general are investigating its diesel models, as scrutiny escalates of vehicles that environmental regulators have said violate pollution laws. Following US Environmental Protection Agency allegations in January that Fiat Chrysler put software in Jeep and Ram diesel models allowing them to exceed pollution limits, ...

  Bloomberg UK house prices rose more than expected in February, according to Nationwide Building Society, a sign that the market’s strength has extended into this year. Prices gained 0.6 percent from January, a third month of gains. Economists predicted an increase 0.2 percent. From a year earlier, prices climbed 4.5 percent to an average of 205,846 pounds ($254,000). Britain’s ...

  Bloomberg Blue-chip US companies are pulling back from borrowing just when investors most want to lend. Investment-grade corporate bond sales were below $100 billion in February, the worst February since 2014 and 14 percent below the monthly average for issuance for the last three years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Companies likely moved at least a portion of ...