Bloomberg Bridgepoint Group plans to sell the UK operations of Burger King next year in a bet on an accelerated recovery of Britain’s pandemic-hit restaurant industry, Sky reported. The newly listed private equity group has started preliminary talks with investment banks about a sale of the fast-food chain, the news agency said, citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter. …

Bloomberg An index launched a year ago to give investors greater exposure to China’s internet giants is now the world’s worst-performing major technology gauge. The Hang Seng Tech Index has been on a roller-coaster ride in the last 12 months. The gauge, which marks its one-year anniversary, was up 59% at its February peak but has since seen more than …

Bloomberg In the stock market, the refusal of retail investors to back down from every macro threat has become the only story. When will it end? Judging by the size of all the pools of cash lying around, it could be a while. Among all the economic stories of the pandemic, the one about money piling up in people’s accounts …