Bloomberg Hillary Clinton called her race against Donald Trump the highest-stakes U.S. presidential race in her lifetime as she rallied with her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, for the first time as the Democratic nominees for president and vice president. “There’s no doubt in my mind that every election in our democracy is important in its own way,” Clinton …

  Detroit / AFP German automaker Daimler AG broke ground this week on a $500 million plant in Charleston, South Carolina to build vans, with the company hoping at last to avoid steep US import tariffs. When the factory comes online by the end of the decade, it may also help the company pay lower wages and circumvent labor unions. …

  Bloomberg Take Two at the Bank of England means action. That’s the conclusion of almost all economists surveyed by Bloomberg, who predict the central bank’s second decision since Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will involve an interest-rate cut. Such a move would see Governor Mark Carney delivering on his summer stimulus signal after officials shocked investors by …