Bloomberg Telecom Italia SpA is seeking an enterprise value of around 20 billion euros ($21.5 billion) for the landline network it plans to sell to Italy’s state lender and a group of international funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company’s shares rise as much as 5.9% and traded up 4.5% in Milan following Bloomberg’s initial ...

Bloomberg US index futures fall after a report that Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric carmaker needs to cut staff amid a gloomy economic outlook. Investors are also awaiting key US payrolls data that they will study for clues on the pace of Federal Reserve policy tightening. Tesla shares slid 4.2% in New York premarket trading. ...

  Bloomberg Even better-than-expected earnings haven’t been enough to stem this year’s rout in software stocks, and now the sector is getting hit with another headwind: the stronger dollar. Salesforce Inc, one of the last big tech companies to report first-quarter earnings, surprised investors with a bullish forecast this week. Overall, 85% of software companies in the S&P 500 reported ...