London / Bloomberg The leaders of some of France’s top companies urged their British neighbors to stick with the EU to safeguard jobs and investment, less than 48 hours before polls open for the Brexit referendum. In a joint letter published in English on Tuesday, 34 corporations including 16 listed on France’s benchmark stock index, called on the U.K. …

  BLOOMBERG Investors took a positive cue from the latest polls on Britain’s referendum over European Union membership, with global stocks advancing and the pound rising to the highest level since before the vote date was set. The dollar weakened before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks on monetary policy. Sterling strengthened for a third day even as separate opinion …

  Bloomberg India may import the most wheat in a decade as output declines in the world’s second-biggest producer. Imports may total 5 million metric tons in 2016-17, the most since 2006-07, according to the median estimate of seven traders surveyed by Bloomberg. Production is set to decline 1.8 percent to 85 million metric tons in the year through June …