Bloomberg U.K. house prices continued to climb in June, with only the capital experiencing a decline ahead of this week’s referendum on European Union membership. Asking prices increased 0.8 percent to an average 310,471 pounds ($443,600), property website operator Rightmove said in report published on Monday. In London, they fell by 0.2 percent, hit by the effects of a ...

  Bloomberg The Playboy Mansion is under contract for more than $100 million. The buyer: a 32-year-old son of a billionaire who already owns the property next door. Daren Metropoulos, principal at investment firm Metropoulos & Co. and co-owner of Hostess Brands, has agreed to buy the Holmby Hills, California, estate where Playboy founder Hugh Hefner will continue to live, ...

  DUBAI / WAM Mohammed Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Economic Affairs, and Felix Neugart, CEO of the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce, reviewed means to strengthen UAE-German economic relations and to develop partnerships between the business communities in the two countries. During the meeting which was held in Dubai, ...