Bloomberg Burkina Faso protest movements vowed to maintain their demands for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to step down after police fired teargas to disperse a rally on Saturday. Protesters gathered near the Place de la Nation in the centre of the capital, Ouagadougou, to call for Kabore’s departure, and for French troops to leave the country. France has about ...

Bloomberg Euro-area business activity unexpectedly quickened, though the region’s recovery faces headwinds from a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections and “record inflationary pressures.” IHS Markit’s composite Purchasing Managers’ Index rises to 55.8 in November from 54.2 in October, according to a survey of purchasing managers by IHS Markit published. While that defies the median estimate in a survey of analysts ...

Bloomberg California’s ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach delayed charging fines on containers that sit on the docks for too long for a second time this month, arguing the threat alone is helping clear lingering boxes from space-constrained terminals. The plan to charge carriers at least $100 daily for each container waiting nine days or more for trucks to ...