Bloomberg UK retail sales jumped the most in almost two years in January, ending the worst run for British stores on record and adding to signs of an economic rebound after the December election created a Brexit breakthrough. Sales excluding auto fuel rose 1.6% from December, the biggest increase since May 2018. Economists were expecting a rise of 0.8%. Sales ...

Bloomberg Ivi.ru, Russia’s largest streaming platform, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc to study options to fund the firm’s growth, according to the firm’s chief executive officer. “These could be private placement, strategic alliances or an IPO,” Oleg Tumanov, Ivi’s founder and CEO, said in an interview in Moscow. “We need funding to produce our own content and keep growing faster ...

Bloomberg Audi halted output of its E-Tron SUV to resolve production issues including battery-supply bottlenecks as it prepares to flank the model with a sportier variant, underscoring the struggles traditional automakers face to boost electric cars and challenge Tesla Inc. Manufacturing at Audi’s factory in Brussels stopped and the plant will remain idle until Tuesday, a company spokeswoman said. Audi ...