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‘Leave EU’ would raise vacation costs for Britons: PM Cameron

  Bloomberg Britons risk pushing up the cost of their vacations if they vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron said in his third warning in three days on how a so-called Brexit would hurt ordinary people in their pockets. An average eight-night, four-person trip to an EU destination would cost an extra 230 pounds ($330), based ...

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EU courts Algerian gas coop in a bid to counter Russian reliance

ALGIERS / Reuters Officials from Algeria, the European Union and energy firms meet in Algiers on Tuesday in an attempt to get their energy cooperation back on track and find ways to pump more gas north again after years of dwindling exports. Algeria is seen as a natural partner for the European Union as it looks to diversify energy supplies ...

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LatAm’s Wall Street veterans draw bond funds

  Bloomberg Latin America’s post-populist shift is persuading the world’s biggest emerging-market bond investors to put more money in the region, and there are signs that eastern Europe is paying the price. Franklin Templeton’s $51 billion Global Bond fund nearly doubled holdings in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia to more than 30 percent in the six months to March 31, according ...

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