Bloomberg The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute that could help clarify the steps needed to get low-cost alternatives to pricey biotechnology drugs on the market. It will be the first time the high court has agreed to interpret a 2010 provision of Obamacare that enabled the US Food and Drug Administration to approve biosimilars, which are …

  Bloomberg Italian industrial output increased more than estimated in November, signaling a possible acceleration in economic activity. Production rose 0.7 percent from October when it increased a revised 0.1 percent on a monthly basis, statistics agency Istat said in Rome. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 20 analysts called for a 0.2 percent gain. On an annual, …

  Bloomberg Home buyers in Brooklyn competed for a record-low number of listings in the fourth quarter, driving up prices in the New York borough that’s historically been seen as a refuge from Manhattan’s high costs. Purchases in Brooklyn rose 22 percent from a year earlier to 2,582, while the median price of those deals climbed 15 percent to a …