Bloomberg Canadians are looking past signs of damage from low energy prices and predicting the housing surge will continue. According to weekly polling by Nanos Research, the share of respondents expecting higher real estate prices reached the most since December 2014 last week, or 38.7%. That pushed the Bloomberg Nanos Consumer Confidence Index to 54.7 last week, the highest ...

  Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd. fell the most in more than two years after Australia’s largest carrier cut its planned domestic capacity expansion as the prospect of a federal election and a drop in consumer confidence weigh on demand. The shares fell as much as 14 percent and were trading 11.6 percent lower at A$3.59 in Sydney, the biggest intraday ...

  Bloomberg Padenga Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest supplier of Nile crocodile skins for luxury handbags and shoes, is seeking to boost profitability by feeding the aquatic reptiles a corn-rich diet and allowing them more space to grow. The company’s biggest market for hides is Italy, the home of luxury goods makers including Prada Spa, which sells a crocodile and ...