Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to finalize a settlement with California drivers to resolve potentially billions of dollars in claims stemming from the company’s refusal to give them the protections and benefits of employees. The case centers on allegations that the company failed to pay minimum wage and overtime to hundreds of thousands of drivers. Lawyers didn’t disclose …

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG lost market share in Europe for the 14th straight month since the emissions- cheating scandal erupted in September 2015, as competitors took advantage of the German automaker’s tarnished image to attract buyers. Volkswagen accounted for 24.9 percent of the region’s car sales in October, compared with 25.3 percent a year earlier, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers’ …

  Montreal / AFP Canada expects to keep its 1989 bilateral free trade agreement with the United States if US President-elect Donald Trump withdraws from NAFTA, the Canadian ambassador to the US said. The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement was superseded in 1994 by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which added Mexico to the pact. “Presumably… if …