Bloomberg After a dismal December, dealmakers made a comeback in January, logging $275 billion of mergers and acquisitions globally to mark the best start to a year in almost two decades. “M&A came back even though the markets felt choppy, and that shows how confident CEOs are,” said Susie Scher, co-head of the global financing group at Goldman Sachs Group ...

Bloomberg Robert Bosch GmbH, the world’s largest auto-parts maker, is stocking up components in the UK LVMH is building up its inventory there. Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel is expanding its parking lot for trucks in France. European firms that do a lot of business with the UK are preparing for the worst. Their frenzied activity reflects the growing likelihood that ...

The handmaiden of peace is exhaustion. We are seeing that lesson in Afghanistan and Yemen. Fragile peace agreements are emerging in both conflicts, thanks to skillful diplomats. There are a hundred reasons why each negotiation may fail. But a process has started: Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy, said, “We have a draft of the [peace] framework that has to ...