Bloomberg European car sales jumped in October, although not enough to reverse a decline since the start of the year as demand wanes in key markets. Registrations rose 8.6% to 1.21 million vehicles, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association said. The increase was due to a low comparison with a year earlier when sales suffered from new emissions tests. The latest ...

Bloomberg The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery is about to get even bigger, with Tesla Inc set to beef up capacity at the Hornsdale site in South Australia. The system will be expanded by 50% to 150 megawatts, according to an announcement from Neoen SA, the French company that operates the site. The storage site has already saved consumers more than ...

Bloomberg Google announced plans to buy enterprise software firm CloudSimple Inc, another sign the search giant isn’t letting a flurry of antitrust investigations interrupt its expansion strategy. CloudSimple will join Google Cloud, a priority business for the Alphabet Inc unit. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms. The acquisition could help Google get a foothold in a corner of the cloud-computing ...