Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc shares gained the most in more than a decade on the phone carrier’s plan to carve out its towers business and consider an initial public offering or minority stake sale of the new unit. The stock rose as much as 10.4 percent, the biggest intraday jump since November 2008, after the carrier announced plans to separate ...

Bloomberg British households received a $497 boost in the last financial year as a booming labour market lifted real incomes to a record high. The median income after inflation rose by 1.4 percent in the year through March to 29,400 pounds, the Office for National Statistics said. It followed a year in which living standards failed to grow for the ...

Bloomberg The trade war between the US and China that’s clouded the global growth outlook will have a lasting negative effect on aluminum demand, Norsk Hydro ASA Chief Executive Officer Hilde Merete Aasheim said. The Oslo-based company pared its demand growth forecast for a second time this year, echoing the dimming outlook painted by top US producer Alcoa Corp. Russian ...