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 ...

Bloomberg European investment banks are back in the hiring game, raising the stakes for compensation on both sides of the Atlantic. Firms including Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG have been seeking to regain trading share by poaching personnel from American rivals, according to recruiters. For traders and salespeople who haven’t seen raises in years, the move can be profitable: ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to purchase US military equipment to create jobs in America after telling business leaders that Japan had an unfair advantage on trade. In a joint press briefing with Abe in Tokyo on Monday, Trump hailed the US-Japan alliance even as he called for a reduction in the trade gap between the ...