Bloomberg The US economy is showing some scattered signs of picking up from an end-of-year slowdown, muddying President Joe Biden’s efforts to win congressional passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package. New claims filed for unemployment benefits have fallen for two straight weeks, while January payrolls are forecast to rebound from a December. Managers in charge of buying supplies for ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. will recall about 135,000 Model S and X vehicles in the US after a months-long investigation by the nation’s auto-safety regulator concluded their touch screens are defective. Tesla equipped certain Model S sedans from 2012 to 2018 and Model X crossovers from 2016 to 2018 with Nvidia Corp. processors that are prone to wearing out, Tesla said ...

Bloomberg The UK is launching a consultation on its post-Brexit subsidies system, which the government has hailed as a “significant milestone” in the country’s future outside the European Union (EU). The new UK-wide “subsidy control system” will replace the EU’s state aid regime, which was a major stumbling block in Brexit talks last year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government believes ...