Bloomberg The European Union is finalising a list of American goods to target with retaliatory tariffs in the event that US President Donald Trump, who is expected to make a decision by May 18, imposes levies on car imports. “We are already preparing a list of possible items that would be on that list,” EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said ...

Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc’s dividend has cracked under the strain of falling revenue, soaring spectrum costs and a $21 billion acquisition, in a grim reality check for Europe’s struggling phone industry. The region’s biggest telecom carrier slashed its full-year dividend by 40% to 9 euro cents per share, reversing Chief Executive Officer Nick Read’s goal to keep the payout unchanged. ...

Bloomberg Economic growth in the Netherlands came in better than economists forecast in the first quarter, adding to the run of recent good numbers from the euro area. The first-quarter performance saw the region’s fifth largest economy grow 0.5% compared with the previous three months. That was just ahead of the 0.4% median forecast of economists. Expansion in the 19-nation ...