Bloomberg The 1 percent may not be popular among protest marchers, but in the U.K. they’re now paying more than a quarter of all income tax. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies published on Wednesday found that the proportion of total income tax paid by the top centile rose to 27.5 percent in the 2015-16 tax year ...

  Bloomberg Adidas AG raised its full-year profit forecast for the second time in less than three months after first-quarter results beat its own expectations and as consumers spend more ahead of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Net income from continuing operations will rise 15 percent to 18 percent this year, more than a prior range of 10 percent to ...

  Bloomberg The outlook for Russia’s earnings from oil exports is improving as the price of a barrel of crude in ruble terms rose to the highest in more than five months. The currency’s 2.8 percent advance this month has lagged a gain of 18 percent in Brent crude, which is used to price Russia’s main export blend. The exchange ...