Bloomberg Wealthy buyers of mansions and penthouse apartments in London are finding that the pandemic isn’t throwing bargains their way. Luxury homes that changed hands for more than $13 million in the second quarter sold at an average 95% of their asking prices, according to latest data from broker Knight Frank. That was the smallest discount since the end of ...

Bloomberg PG&E Corp. is preparing to cut the lights to 162,000 Californians in 24 counties in its latest effort to keep strong winds from knocking down live wires and igniting wildfires. PG&E will make a final decision on the power cuts, with the first customers expected to go dark later that day, Mark Quinlan, an incident commander for the San ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s consumer inflation recorded its fastest pace for the month of September since 2003 as food and fuel prices rise, supporting the case for the central bank to keep its key rate unchanged later this month. The benchmark IPCA index rises 0.64% from August, above the 0.54% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Annual inflation accelerated to ...