Bloomberg Broadcom Ltd. offered about $105 billion for Qualcomm Inc., kicking off an ambitious attempt at the largest technology takeover ever in a deal that would rock the electronics industry. Broadcom made an offer of $70 a share in cash and stock for Qualcomm, a 28 percent premium for the world’s largest maker of mobile phone chips as of the …

Bloomberg Car owners in Europe are paying about $460 a year more than they expected for fuel because of a record gap between what vehicles actually burn on the road compared with manufacturers’ data, according to a study from the International Council on Clean Transportation. Carbon dioxide emissions on the road are 42 percent higher on average than the official …

Bloomberg Euro-area companies struggling to keep up with booming orders are expanding their ranks at the fastest pace in more than ten years. With a Purchasing Managers’ Index indicating strong momentum at the start of the fourth quarter, the 19-nation economy is on course for growth of as much as 0.7 percent, IHS Markit said on Monday. A gauge for …