Bloomberg Jean-Claude Juncker and Vladimir Putin may offer clues about the way forward for a controversial project to expand Russia’s gas interconnections with Europe this week. The European Commission president meets the Russian leader at a conference in St. Petersburg and may discuss ways a Gazprom PJSC-led consortium could be allowed to double the capacity of the Nord Stream ...

  Bloomberg The 32-year-old FTSE 100 Index, synonymous with the U.K. stock market, is about to get some competition. The benchmark’s four-letter moniker is local shorthand for laypeople and professionals to describe the daily gyrations of the nation’s $3.3 trillion equity market. Now, Lenexa, Kansas-based rival Bats Global Markets Inc. is now trying to muscle in on the FTSE 100’s ...

  Bloomberg Vancouver’s housing boom is squeezing out some families as growth draws in new residents faster than dwellings can be built, according to Canada’s finance minister said. “If you are in Vancouver today, it’s challenging for people to think about how they can get into the market and how their children can get into the market,” Bill Morneau said ...