Bloomberg Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Endesa SA are among companies weighing bids for a package of EDP-Energias de Portugal SA electricity assets that could fetch about 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion), people familiar with the matter said. The Portuguese utility is expecting initial bids later this month for about 2 gigawatts of hydroelectric power projects in Spain and Portugal, …

Bloomberg Real estate investors from Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund to Blackstone Group Inc and UBS Group AG are cashing in on a surge in demand for prime Milan offices that’s pushing prices to new highs. A lack of development in Italy’s financial capital is driving up rents just as a scarcity of prime real estate in some western European cities …

Bloomberg At the start of a week stuffed with central-bank activity, US equities fell and European stocks drifted following steep share declines in Asia. Treasuries advanced as investors greeted on Monday in a cautious mood. The S&P 500 fell for a second day after the blow-out jobs report altered market calculus for Federal Reserve rate cuts, though equities came off …