Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s desire to nurture more “global players” has turned Berlin’s gaze towards Brussels and to reshaping European Union rules that clamp down on mergers and technology giants. Merkel, facing her final years as German leader, has criticised the EU for focussing too much on competition in narrow European national markets at the expense of the bigger ...

Bloomberg Telecom Italia SpA’s board of directors may seek the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Amos Genish as early as this week, Il Messaggero newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information. Directors backed by both Vivendi SA, the carrier’s biggest shareholder, and US activist Elliott Management Corp., which owns the second-largest stake, have agreed to call an extraordinary ...

Bloomberg Argentina’s deepening recession will continue through the first quarter before the economy sees a sustained and gradual recovery, the International Monetary Fund said, while outlining a long list of threats to that rebound. “The bottom — the floor — is going to be in the first quarter,” mission chief Roberto Cardarelli told journalists in Buenos Aires. “We believe the ...