Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc has made a last-minute reversal to its plan to ban the use of Visa Inc.’s credit cards issued in the UK. The e-commerce firm emailed UK customers on Monday to say that the ban — set for Wednesday — will no longer take place. Amazon had previously said it was taking this step because of the …

  Bloomberg US home sales in December had their biggest plunge since the early months of the Covid-19 lockdowns as listings sank to record lows. Transactions fall 11% from a year earlier, the biggest annual decline since June 2020, according to a report by Redfin Corp. Demand is still fierce, but what’s holding back deals is a lack of inventory: …

  Bloomberg Stocks were mixed on Monday as traders weighed a global advance in sovereign bond yields and the start of the earnings season. Media, miners and healthcare led an advance in Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index, while Nasdaq 100 futures fall. A dollar gauge was little changed and oil ticked up. US stock and bond markets are shut on Monday …