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May’s Brexit deal could hurt UK-US trade pact: Trump

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump dropped a rhetorical bomb on UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s efforts to get a Brexit agreement through parliament, warning the deal she reached with the EU could jeopardise Britain’s ability to strike a trade pact with the US. “Right now as the deal stands she may not — they may not — be able to ...

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Trump says 10% tariffs could be placed on iPhones

Bloomberg Apple Inc, which has lost a fifth of its value in a tech market rout since October, is poi-sed for another setback after US President Donald Trump suggested that 10 percent tariffs could be placed on mobile phones, like the iPhone, and laptops made in China. The company already is facing reports of suppliers cutting forecasts, signalling the new ...

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Google accused of abusing ‘location-tracking’

Bloomberg Google runs the risk of hefty fines from the European Union’s (EU) beefed-up data-protection watchdogs after consumer groups accused the search-engine giant of abusing tools that track users’ location. Seven European consumer organisations on Tuesday said they would file complaints with their national regulators, who now have powers to levy penalties of as much as 4 percent of a ...

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