Bloomberg Italian debt is once again the must-watch bellwether for growing tensions within the euro-area. Global investors have lasered in on the nation’s bonds because, while they feature tempting yields, the government’s relatively weak finances add to the shared risk across the region. UniCredit SpA estimates foreign asset managers and hedge funds’ exposure to Italian government bonds may be around ...

Bloomberg Canada lost 2 million jobs in April as a result of pandemic-related shutdowns, by far the biggest decline on record but only about half what economists had expected. The drop in employment adds to the 1 million decline in March. The jobless rate jumped to 13% in April, the agency said in Ottawa. Economists were anticipating a loss of ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk lashed out at the California county blocking Tesla Inc. from reopening its only US car plant, threatening to immediately relocate operations to other states and cease manufacturing at the factory. Hours after the chief executive officer tweeted that Tesla would sue Alameda County, which didn’t allow the facility to resume operations, the electric-car maker filed a complaint ...