Bloomberg On his way to work, Lisbon Mayor Fernando Medina likes to count the dwindling number of empty buildings. Thanks to a tourism and real estate boom, many are being converted into trendy apartments that cater to the growing number of visitors to the city. As some European cities impose restrictions on short-term rentals via websites such as Airbnb …

  Switzerland / Bloomberg Nestle SA is banking on e-commerce sales to revive its struggling Chinese business, as the Swiss food company grapples with slowing growth and new shopping trends in the world’s largest consumer market. The maker of KitKat chocolates and Yinlu peanut milk began selling on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Tmall.com portal 67 brands it has never offered …

  Pretoria / Bloomberg Telkom SA SOC Ltd. said full-year earnings gained 16 percent as South Africa’s biggest landline provider cut almost 4,000 jobs, raised the dividend and embarked on the last financial year of its turnaround plan. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was 11 billion rand ($729 million) in the year through March, compared with 9.4 billion …