Bloomberg Steve Victor pulled out of buying his first home the day after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Just a month later, the IT contractor dived back into the market to become the owner of a penthouse apartment in London. “I bailed on the initial shock, but after it sank in I came to the conclusion I …

  Bloomberg The US economy grew in the fourth quarter at a faster pace than previously reported on higher consumer spending, Commerce Department data showed Thursday in Washington. Gross domestic product rose at a 2.1 annualized pace (forecast was for 2 percent), revised from 1.9 percent. Consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy, rose at a 3.5 percent rate, …

  Bloomberg Many of America’s biggest corporations including Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are sticking by their pledges to fight climate change even as President Donald Trump guts his predecessor’s environmental policies. Companies say their pledges, coordinated by the Obama administration, reflect their push to cut energy costs, head off activist pressure and address a risk to their bottom …