Bloomberg Germany will do “everything necessary” to help cushion the impact of the coronavirus on businesses as the government moves to introduce a partial lockdown on Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Merkel will meet with industry representatives on Wednesday to discuss how to further help them to ease the burden of coping with the coronavirus. “I assure you, the government ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. warned investors that the company’s financial results would be hurt if the amount paid from App Store downloads and subscriptions is reduced or eliminated. The warning in a regulatory filing came amid criticism from lawmakers and others about the cut of as much as 30% that Apple takes from third-party developers selling software through the App Store ...

Bloomberg Fortress Investment Group is postponing its plan to build a train to Las Vegas from Southern California after failing to sell a record amount of unrated municipal debt to finance the speculative project, showing the limits of investor appetite amid an economic downturn. Since the end of September, Fortress, through its company Brightline Holdings, had been marketing $3.2 billion ...