Bloomberg European Union policy makers intensified their criticism of Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to leave the bloc, saying that the UK appeared clueless about the implications of Brexit. The pound sank to an intraday low after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said it’s not clear that the UK knows what it wants and European lawmaker Manfred Weber demanded …

  PARIS / AFP UK consumers’ view of the economy’s long-term prospects have deteriorated since the country voted in June to leave the European Union. IHS Markit’s index of economic optimism over the next 10 years dropped to minus 18.4 percent in November from minus 11.1 percent in August and minus 3.5 percent in July, it said on Tuesday. The …

  Brussels / AFP The EU will require big foreign banks operating in Europe to set aside billions in reserve funds in a tit-for-tat move against the United States that could also affect post-Brexit Britain, a draft proposal seen by AFP said. The European Commission, the executive body of the 28-nation European Union, on Wednesday will announce a series of …