Bloomberg European regulators are asking Microsoft Corp. partners and rivals for information related to a complaint made against the software maker alleging anti-competitive behavior in the cloud-computing services market. The European Commission in March circulated a questionnaire, seen by Bloomberg News, focusing on how Microsoft licenses its products. The questions may lead to a formal inquiry, and follows an antitrust ...

  Bloomberg A record number of UK companies expect to increase wages as the war in Ukraine deepens the cost of living crisis, a survey showed. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer found that a half intended to boost average pay by at least 2% in the next 12 months. A fifth of businesses that have annual turnover of more than ...

  Bloomberg Italian inflation surged to the highest in three decades as energy prices continued to rise following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices increased 7% in March from a year earlier, statistics office Istat said. That’s the fastest pace since 1991. Rising prices and the ongoing conflict are impacting the economy with Finance Minister Daniele Franco saying last week that ...