BLOOMBERG Markets settled into a holding pattern befiore key US jobs data, with European stocks and American equity-index futures edging higher, Treasury yields flat and a gauge of the dollar steady. Energy majors were the outperformers in the Stoxx Europe 600 index as crude oil headed for the biggest weekly advance since April. Miners jumped as China’s latest stimulus measures …

BLOOMBERG Seven & i Holdings Co has finalised the sale of its Sogo & Seibu Co department store chain amid a strike by employees at the flagship shop in central Tokyo on concerns the deal may jeopardise their jobs. The sale to Fortress Investment Group will close at an enterprise value of about ¥220 billion ($1.5 billion), according to a …

BLOOMBERG Marks & Spencer (M&S) Group Plc has launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s decision to reject a plan for a new store in Marble Arch, central London where the retailer has had a presence for nearly a century. The clothing and food retailer lost government backing in July for a proposal to demolish its flagship art deco …